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Antalya Chess Express c4 s23

Antalya Chess Express2012 Mayıs

Cilt 4, Sayı 23

Sorumlu Editör/Yayıncı: Dr Harun Taner

WCh r 7

Gelfand,Boris (2739) − Anand,Viswanathan (2799) [D45]WCh Moscow (7), 20.05.2012[H2Aq,Taner,Harun]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 b6 8.cxb6

Nxb6 [Diagram

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Novelty]

[8...Qxb6 9.Be2 (9.Bd2 Bd6 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Bd3 0-0 12.Na4 Qc7 13.b4 a5

14.bxa5 Ra7 15.0-0 Ba6 16.Bxa6 Rxa6

17.a3 Rb8 18.Rb1 Qc8 19.Nc5 Bxc5

20.Rxb8 Qxb8 21.dxc5 Qc7 22.Rb1

Ne4 23.Bb4 e5 24.Ne1 Ng5 25.Nd3

Ne6 26.f3 h5 27.Be1 Ra8 28.Rb6 Qc8

29.h3 g6 30.Qb2 Qc7 31.Bc3 d4

32.exd4 exd4 33.Bxd4 Nxd4 34.Qxd4

Rxa5 35.Qb4 Ra8 36.Rb7 Qc8 37.Qb2

Qe8 38.Qd4 Rd8 39.Qf4 Nf8 40.Ne5

Nd7 41.Rxd7 Rxd7 42.Nxd7 Qxd7

43.Qb4 Qe7 44.h4 Qe3+ 45.Kh1 Qe5

46.a4 Kg7 47.a5 Qa1+ 48.Kh2 Qa2

49.Qd4+ Kg8 50.Qc3 Qa4 51.Kg3 Qa2

52.Kh3 Qe6+ 53.g4 Qd7 54.Qb3 hxg4+

55.fxg4 Qa7 56.Qc3 Qd7 57.Qf3 Qe7

58.a6 Qxc5 59.h5 gxh5 60.gxh5 Kf8

61.h6 Qc1 62.h7 Qh6+ 63.Kg3 Qg5+

64.Kh2 Qh4+ 65.Kg1 Qe1+ 66.Kg2

Qd2+ 67.Qf2 Qd5+ 68.Kg3 Qd6+

69.Qf4 Qd3+ 70.Kf2 Qc2+ 71.Ke1 Qb1+

72.Kd2 Qb2+ 73.Kd3 Qa3+ 74.Ke4

Qb4+ 75.Kf3 Qb3+ 76.Qe3 Qd1+

77.Kg3 Qd6+ 78.Kh3 Qd7+ 79.Kh4

Qd8+ 80.Qg5 Qd4+ 81.Kg3 Qg1+

82.Kf4 Qc1+ 83.Ke4 Qc4+ 84.Ke3 Qc3+

85.Ke2 Qc4+ 86.Kd2 Qb4+ 87.Kd1

Qb3+ 88.Ke1 Qb1+ 89.Ke2 Qa2+

90.Ke3 Qb3+ 91.Kf4 Qc4+ 92.Kf3 Qd3+

93.Kg2 Qc2+ 94.Kg1 Qb1+ 95.Kf2

Qc2+ 96.Kg3 Qd3+ 97.Kf2 Qc2+ 98.Kf1

Qd1+ 99.Kf2 Qc2+ ½–½ (99) Donmez,H (2560)-Magnum,H (2607) Engine Room 2011; 9.Bd3 c5 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Na4 Qd6 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nxc5 Qxc5 14.Qxc5

Bxc5 15.b4 Bd6 16.Bb2 0-0 17.a3 Rfc8

18.Rac1 Nd7 19.Rfd1 Nb6 20.h3 Na4

21.Ba1 a5 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Rb1 axb4

24.axb4 f6 25.e4 e5 26.exd5 Bb7 27.b5

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Bxd5 28.Nd2 Nb6 29.Ne4 Be7 30.Nc3

Be6 31.Be4 Rd8 32.Bc6 Kf7 33.Ne4

Nc4 34.Bc3 f5 35.Ng3 Bc5 36.Rc1 Bb6

37.Ne2 g5 38.Kf1 Rd3 39.Re1 Nd2+

40.Kg1 e4 41.Rc1 Nb3 42.Re1 Bc4

43.Bb4 e3 44.f4 Nd4 45.Nxd4 Bxd4

46.Bf3 Rb3 47.Rd1 Bb6 48.Rd7+ Kg8

49.Rb7 Rxb4 50.Rb8+ Kf7 51.Rb7+ Kf8

52.Rxb6 gxf4 53.Rf6+ Kg7 54.Rxf5

Bxb5 55.h4 Bd3 56.Rg5+ Kf7 57.Rd5

Rb1+ 58.Kh2 e2 59.Bxe2 Bxe2 60.Rf5+

Ke6 61.Rxf4 Ke5 62.Rf8 Bd3 63.Kg3

Bg6 64.Ra8 Rb3+ 65.Kh2 Rb2 66.Ra5+

Kf4 67.Rg5 Ra2 68.Kh3 Ra3+ 69.Kh2

Re3 70.Ra5 Kg4 71.h5 Be4 72.Kg1 Re2

73.Kf1 Bd3 74.Kg1 Kg3 75.Rg5+ Kh4

76.Rg7 Kxh5 77.Kh2 Kh4 78.Rd7 Bg6

79.Rg7 Kg5 80.Kg3 h5 81.Rg8 Re8

82.Rg7 h4+ 83.Kh2 Kf6 84.Rd7 Re2

85.Rd5 Bf5 86.Rd8 Kg5 87.Kg1 Be4

88.Rg8+ Kf4 89.Rf8+ Bf5 90.Rg8 Rc2

91.Rf8 Rd2 92.Rf7 Re2 93.Rf8 Rc2

94.Rf7 Ra2 95.Rf8 Rb2 96.Rf7 Rd2

97.Rf8 Ra2 98.Rf7 Kg5 99.Rg7+ Kf6

100.Rg8 Rd2 101.Rf8+ Kg5 102.Rg8+

Kh6 103.Rh8+ Bh7 104.Rc8 Be4

105.Rg8 Kh5 106.Rg7 Bf5 107.Re7 Kg5

108.Re8 Rc2 109.Rg8+ Kh6 110.Rh8+

Bh7 111.Rd8 Kg5 112.Rd4 Bf5 113.Rd8

Rc8 114.Rd1 Be4 115.Rd7 Rc1+

116.Kh2 h3 117.gxh3 Kh4 118.Rd1

Rc2+ 119.Kg1 Kg3 120.Ra1 Bf3

121.Kf1 Rh2 122.Ke1 Rh1+ 0–1 (122) Houdini 1.03a x64 4_CPU (3190)-IvanHoe T0.5.4.1.x64 (3190) Milwaukee 2010) 9...c5 10.0–0 Rb8 11.Na4 Qa7 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Ne5 ... 1–0, Kopicka Karel (CZE) - Volek Radomir (CZE), Czech League 2007/08, 2008]

9.Bd2 c5 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd6 [11...Bb7 12.Na4 (12.Bd3 Bd6 13.Na4 Nxa4 14.Qxa4+ Qd7 15.Qxd7+ Kxd7

16.Ne5+ Ke7 17.Ke2 Rhc8 18.h4 Rab8

19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Rc1 Rxc1 21.Bxc1

Ne4 22.Bf4 f6 23.f3 fxe5 24.dxe5 Bc5

25.fxe4 dxe4 26.Bc4 Bd4 27.b3 g6

28.g4 Kd7 29.h5 gxh5 30.gxh5 Bb2

31.Kf2 Bd4+ 32.Kf1 a5 33.Bd2 a4

34.Bb5+ Bc6 35.bxa4 Bxe5 36.Be3 Bc3

37.Kf2 Kc7 38.Bxc6 Kxc6 39.Ke2 Be5

40.Bh6 Bh2 41.Ke3 Kd5 42.a5 Bg1+

43.Ke2 Bd4 44.Be3 e5 45.Bd2 Kc5

46.a3 Kb5 47.Bb4 Kc4 48.Be7 Kb5

49.Bd8 Ka6 50.Ke1 Kb5 51.Kd2 Bc5

52.Bb6 Bd4 53.Ke2 Ka6 54.Ke1 Kb5

55.a4+ Ka6 56.Ke2 Kb7 57.Bd8 Ka6

58.Kd2 Ka7 59.Bc7 Kb7 60.Bb6 Ka6

61.Bc7 Kb7 62.Bd6 Ka7 63.Ke2 Kb7

64.Bb4 Ka7 65.Bd2 Kb7 66.Be1 Bc5

67.Bf2 Bd4 68.Bg3 Ka6 69.Be1 Kb7

70.Bd2 Kc7 71.Be3 Kb7 72.Bg5 Bc5

73.Bd8 Bd4 74.Bh4 Ka6 75.Bd8 Bc5

76.Bb6 Bd4 77.Bc7 Kb7 78.Bd6 Kc6

79.Bb4 Kb7 80.Kd1 Kc6 81.Kd2 Kd5

82.Ke2 Kc6 83.Be7 Kd5 84.Bf6 Kc4

85.Bd8 Kd5 86.Bh4 Bc5 87.Be1 Kc6

88.Bg3 Kd5 89.Bf2 Bd4 90.Be3 Kc6

91.Bg5 Kb7 92.Be7 Kc6 93.Bh4 Kd5

94.Bd8 Kc6 95.Kd2 Kd5 96.Bf6 Bc5

97.Kd1 Bd4 98.Bd8 Kc4 99.Kd2 Kd5

100.Be7 Ke6 101.Bg5 Kd6 102.Bf6 Kd5

103.Bd8 Kc6 104.Bh4 Kd5 105.Bd8 ½–½ (105) IvanHoe-T63Mini10 (3185)-Zappa Mexico II.x64 (3130) Milwaukee 2010) 12...Rc8 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.dxc5 Ne4 15.b4 0–0 16.Bd3 a5 17.a3 Nc4 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.0–0 Qd3 20.Qxd3 cxd3 21.Be3 Bc6 22.bxa5 Rfe8 23.Nd2 Nxd2 24.Bxd2 e5 25.Rb1 f6 26.Rb6 Kf7 27.f3 e4 28.fxe4 Rxe4 29.a6 Re2 30.Rf2 Re6 31.Bb4 Ba8 32.a4 Rc7 33.a5 Rce7 34.Rf1 Rd7 35.Rc1 h5 36.Rd6 Bc6 37.Rxd7+ Bxd7 38.a7 Bc6 39.Rd1 Re3 40.g3 Kg6 41.Bc3 Kf5 42.Rf1+ Kg6 43.Rb1 Re7 44.Rb6 Be4 45.Kf2 Rxa7 46.Ke3 Re7 47.Kd4 Bf5 48.Kc4 Re2

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49.Rd6 Rxh2 50.a6 Ra2 51.Kb3 Re2 52.a7 Re8 53.c6 Ra8 54.Bd4 Kg5 55.c7 Kg4 56.Rd8 g5 57.Bg1 d2 58.Bf2 Be6+ 59.Kc3 h4 60.gxh4 gxh4 61.Kxd2 Bc8 62.Ke3 h3 63.Bg1 Kf5 64.Kd4 Kf4 65.Kd5 Kf3 66.Kd6 Rxa7 67.Bxa7 1–0 (67) IvanHoe-T63Mini7 (3185)-Stockfish 1.7.1 JA 64bit (3130) Milwaukee 2010] 12.Bg5 [Diagram

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] [12.Bd3 0–0 13.0–0 Bb7 14.Be3 Nc4 15.Na4 h6 16.Nc5 Bc6 17.b3 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Bb5 19.Nb7 Qb6 20.Nxd6 Qxd6 21.Ne5 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Rac8 23.Rc2 Rxc2 ½–½ (23) DamirsRybkaKiller30 (3185)-RobboLito 0.085g3 w32 (3130) Milwaukee 2010]

12...0-0 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bh4 Bb7 15.0-0 [

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] 15...Qb8 [15...Bf4 !? 16.Rcd1 Nbd7 17.Na4 a5 18.Qe2 Rc8 19.Ne5 Qc7 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Nc5 Ba8 22.Rfe1 Rfd8 Houdini Aquarium (0:07:05) +0.00|d26]

16.Bg3 [16.Bxf6 !? 16...gxf6 17.Ne2 f5 18.Ng3 Nd7 19.Nh5 Qd8 20.Qa4 Kh8 21.g3 Rg8 22.Rfe1 Rb8 23.a3 Houdini Aquarium (0:10:10) +0.33|d26]

16...Rc8 17.Qe2 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Qd6

19.Rc2 Nbd7 20.Rfc1 Rab8 [20...Rc7 21.Qe3 Houdini Aquarium (0:03:03) +0.14|d26]

21.Na4 [Diagram

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] 21...Ne4 [21...Rxc2 !? 22.Rxc2 Bc6 23.Nc5 Bb5 24.Bxb5 axb5 25.Ne5 Nxc5 26.dxc5 Qa6 27.b4 Qa4 Houdini Aquarium (0:07:07) +0.19|d28]

22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Qc2 [23.Qe3 Bb7 Houdini Aquarium (0:01:30) +0.39|d26]

23...g5 [? White is better]

[23...Ndf6 24.a3 Bd7 25.Nc5 a5 26.Ne5 Be8 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.Rd1 Qd5 29.b3 Bb5 30.a4 Bc6 31.Re1 Houdini Aquarium (0:06:02) +0.19|d27]

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24.Qc7 Qxc7 25.Rxc7 f6 [?! White has the upper hand] [25...Ndf6 26.Ne5 +0.78|d21] 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Nd2 f5 28.Nc4 Nf6 29.Nc5 Nd5 30.Ra7 Nb4

31.Ne5 Nc2 [White has a decisive advantage] [31...Nd5 32.Nc4 h5 33.a4 Nb4 34.Nd6 +1.73|d21] 32.Nc6 Rxb2 33.Rc7 Rb1+ [33...e3 34.Rxc8+ +2.15|d25] 34.Kh2 e3 35.Rxc8+ Kh7 36.Rc7+ Kh8 [Diagram

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] 37.Ne5 [37.Nd7 ! 37...Kg7 38.Nce5 Nxd4 39.Nf6+ Kxf6 40.f4 Nf3+ 41.gxf3 Rb2+ 42.Kh3 g4+ 43.fxg4 fxg4+ 44.Kxg4 h5+ Houdini Aquarium (0:00:02) +299.88|d32]

37...e2 38.Nxe6 [Diagram

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[38.Nxe6 Rh1+ 39.Kxh1 e1R+ 40.Kh2 Rxe5 41.dxe5 Nb4 42.Nd4 f4 43.e6 Nd5 44.Rf7 f3 45.gxf3 Kg8 46.Nf5 Houdini Aquarium (0:00:14) +15.87|d25]

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Gelfand,Boris (2727) − Anand,Viswanathan (2791) [D45]WCh Moscow (7), 20.05.2012[Chess Evolution,Taner,Harun]

[We have been waiting for so long to this day, and finally THE day has arrived. Gelfand wins the 7th game of the match in a very solid way. Even tough, that Anand helped a lot to make the full point.]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 [another game on the usual Slav, and probably some of the spectators thought here" another short draw..." but Gelfand had different plans]

6.c5 Nbd7 7.Qc2!? [Diagram

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a very rare move in a well known position]

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[7.Bd3 and; 7.b4 are the main moves here]

7...b6 [Basically Black got only 2 major ideas here, to push b6 or to push e5. In case of e5 now, the Queen on c2 might be very useful.]

[7...e5 8.dxe5 Ng4 9.Na4! and here we see why the Queen is on c2, to protect the pawn on c5! 9...Ndxe5 (9...Nxc5?! 10.Nxc5

Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxc5 12.Bc3 followed by h3–g4 cutting out the Black knight from the game. White is doing clearly better here) 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.b4 and it seems like White got a small advantage, even if I guess this "advantage" in not enough to have real hopes for a full point...]

8.cxb6 Nxb6 [8...c5 would have been the other option for Black, but in case of 9.Bd2 Nxb6 we would be back to the game]

9.Bd2 c5 10.Rc1!? [Till this moment Gelfand blitzed out his moves whether Anand has been spending some time starting from the 7.Qc2]

[10.dxc5 is looking very tempting but not working 10...Bxc5 11.Nb5 Ne4! and of course Black is doing more than fine]

10...cxd4 [Here we had the first very interesting moment, to take on 10...cxd4 or to play 10...c4, both seems to lead to a bit worse position, but which one to choose...]

[10...c4 11.b3! of course White needs to open the Queen side immediately (moves like 11.e4 Bb7! 12.e5 Ne4 is usually leading to nothing for White) 11...cxb3 12.axb3� The knight is misplaced on b6, it should be on c6! Now White will play Bd3,

0–0, Ne5 with some pressure]

11.exd4 Bd6 [the first move, after which Gelfand started to think]

12.Bg5! [Diagram

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in my opinion a very good move, showing a great understanding of the position.]

[First it seemed like 12.Na4 Nxa4 White wanted to play Ba5 13.Qc6+ Bd7 14.Qxd6 is looking like clearly better for White, but Black can improve his situation by playing 14...Ne4 15.Qa3 Nxd2 16.Kxd2 f6! this move is super important and typical for many types of positions. Black does not let the White knight to e5 (16...Qe7?! would be too early 17.Qxe7+ Kxe7 18.b3 Nb6 19.Ne5! White knight managed to reach his destination e5 19...f6 20.Nxd7 Kxd7

21.Rc54 the pawn a6 is week, White controls the C line, plus the bishop against knight situation- all this brings White a clear advantage) 17.Bd3 White cant do anything better than to play Bd3 17...Qe7! and only now comes the exchange of Queens 18.Qxe7+ Kxe7 19.b3 Nb6 20.Rc5 Kd6 21.Rhc1 Nc8! this fantastic move is solving all the Blacks problems. The knight is going finally to the right place, to c6 after which

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we are reaching an endgame, where only Black could try to reach an advantage]

12...0-0 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bh4 [Diagram

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from the first sight, position is looking harmless for Black. But things are by far not so clear here...Black got a big problem, the bishop on c8 and eventually White could be better in the very far endgames because of the pawn structure and the weak Black pawn on a6]

14...Bb7 [a logical move by Anand, it is hard to say, if]

[14...Bf4 15.Rd1 Bb7 to include Bf4–Rd1 moves would be the right or wrong way for Black to react.]

15.0-0 Qb8 [a very risky move.]

[15...Nbd7 is looking here much more solid 16.Bg3 Bxg3 17.hxg3 and we would be back to about the same position like in the game]

16.Bg3 [Whites continues his opening strategy, to play with as less risk as possible. But maybe here White had a good chance to try a bit more active play]

[16.Bxf6!? from the position point of view, this move is of course clearly a "bad choise" for White. But chess is a tactical game and Black king is opened now which gives usually a lot of tactical opportunities 16...gxf6 17.Ne2! this is the key move of 16.Bxf6, White knight is going to h5! (of course in case of 17.Qe2 Rc8 followed by Bf8–g7 and probably only Black can be better here) 17...Rc8 18.Qd2 Bf8 19.Ng3 and I think White got a very dangerous play on the king side. The knight is going to h5 attacking the f6 pawn which will be very hard to defend. In case of the Blacks f5, the field e5 is going to be free for White to play Ne5 followed by Qf4.]

16...Rc8 [another risky move by Black giving White an extra choise]

[16...Bxg3!? 17.hxg3 Qd6 leaving Black with much wider choise of possibilities on the next move. Black could try the Nbd7–Rfe8 and e5 idea which would lead them in the worse case to a slightly unpleasant position]

17.Qe2 [Why not 17.Ne5!? Ne4! this is clearly what Gelfand has been afraid of (17...Nbd7 18.Qe2!? would have been here clearly an interesting choise for White, in case of 18...Bxe5 19.dxe5 Ne8 20.f4! followed by the next f5 with a dangerous attack for White) 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Qe2 f6! Black got a bit opened king, but for the the square d5. It is very hard to give the right evaluation.]

17...Bxg3 18.hxg3 Qd6 19.Rc2 Nbd7 20.Rfc1 [Diagram

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From the first look-this position should be equal, but what to do for Black here. How to get rid of the bishop on b7, how to get the guy into the game!?]

20...Rab8!? [I think a very strong move by Black, forcing White to act]

[20...Rc7 21.Na4 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 and White is doing a bit better, on 22...Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Qc2 and we are in a typical position which is quite unpleasant to play for Black. Even in case of the exchange of Queens now, the game would be by far not a draw due to the pawn structure which gives White always some plus]

21.Na4 Ne4? [from here on Anand is starting to do very strange moves. ..we can see the World Champion rarely ( maybe never) in such a shape. Did he drink or eat something wrong during the game!?]

[21...Rxc2! During the live game I thought this must be Blacks idea 22.Rxc2 (22.Qxc2 brings no advantage as well 22...Rc8

23.Qd1 Rxc1 24.Qxc1 Ne4 and Black is just in time to block White from playing Nc5) 22...Bc6! Black is getting rid of the bad bishop, the troublemaker 23.Nc5 Bb5

and in my opinion, Black should be doing fine here, I don't see any reason why White should have any claim for an advantage]

22.Rxc8+! [This logical move is leading to a big advantage for Black]

22...Bxc8 23.Qc2 [Another very good option for White was 23.Qe1! Bb7 24.Qa5 a perfect place for the queen! Black has no Rc8, because of Rxc8 and Qd8. Next White move is Qc7 or Rc7. Position is a clear +/-; 23.Bxe4? would be too greedy 23...dxe4 24.Qxe4 Bb7 and due to the great bishop on b7 Black should have no problems of having enough compensation for the pawn down]

23...g5? [Diagram

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what a shocking move by Black...hard to say What was the idea of Anand but in any case this kind of moves should be not played]

[23...Ndf6! was probably the only way to continue the game, even if White is already doing better 24.Nc5 Nxc5 25.dxc5 Qc7 26.Qc3 blocking the dark squares. White will play b4 next, in case if possible a4–b5,

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in case not - just Ne5 followed by f4. It is clear, that White is doing better, but is it enough for the win? Well, it is very hard to say.]

24.Qc7! [excellent answer by Gelfand who just probably said " thanks" to the g5 move. White is reaching now an endgame with a huge advantage]

24...Qxc7 25.Rxc7 f6?? [Diagram

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an amazing mistake by Anand. After this move Black can basically resign. Another interesting fact is, at this point Anand only had 15 minutes left until the time control. This is clearly a very bad sign, usually we can rarely see the World Champion spending more than an hour for the complete game! Probably Anand is very tired, or maybe he has been also pretty disappointed by his play!? We will never know, but one thing is clear, something is very wrong with V. Anand...]

[25...Ndf6 26.Ne5 Nd6 would have been the only move not to lose immediately, but of course Black is doing very badly anyway.]

26.Bxe4! [the winning move! We probably

can not imagine how Gelfand felt himself here. Since 1993 he did not win any game against Anand in a normal time control and in the same time he takes the lead in the WCC match after 7th round ...well, better than a dream! :)]

26...dxe4 27.Nd2 [Whites knights are dominated the board and Black is still "sitting" on his bad bishop on c8]

27...f5 28.Nc4 Nf6 29.Nc5 Nd5 30.Ra7 [for a while I though here, Anand will just resign the game. It is really a "disgusting "position from the Black point of view...no moves...]

30...Nb4 31.Ne5 Nc2!? [in a lost position Anand finds some practical chance, even if White is still totally winning and it is not easy to go wrong...]

32.Nc6 Rxb2 33.Rc7! [the easiest way to win. Of course 33.Ne7 and 33.Ra8 have been winning as well]

33...Rb1+ [Allows White a beautiful finish]

[Of course 33...e3 34.Rxc8+ Kh7 35.Rc7+ Kh8 36.fxe3 Nxe3 37.Ne5 is clearly not saving Black from a 0! 37...Rxg2+ 38.Kh1 Rf2 39.Ncd3 and White should easily convert a piece up]

34.Kh2 e3 35.Rxc8+ Kh7 36.Rc7+! [too easy move to miss]

36...Kh8 [36...Kg6 37.Ne5+ Kh5 38.Nxe6+–]

37.Ne5 e2 38.Nxe6 [Diagram

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followed by Ng6–Kg8 and Rg7 mate. Black is hopeless! A very solid game by White and incredible weak performance by Black.] 1-0

Gelfand,Boris (2727) − Anand,Viswanathan (2791) [D45]WCh Moscow (7), 20.05.2012[Shipov,Sergey,Taner,Harun]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6

5.Nf3 a6 [We go down the path we have already travelled.] 6.c5 [Let's study a new variation! White closes the game in hopes of obtaining a large space advantage.] 6...Nbd7 [

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The answer was played very rapidly. The champion's camp foresaw this turn in the conversation.]

[6...b6 is another topical mover here. Here is how the world champions of the past continued: 7.cxb6 (7.b4 is obviously bad because of 7...a5 destroying White's pawn structure) 7...Nbd7 8.Na4 (8.Bd3 is more popular in our time, for example, 8...c5 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Na4 c4 11.Bc2 Nxb6

12.Bd2 Nbd7 13.b3 cxb3 14.axb3 a5

15.Ne5 Bd6 16.f4 with an intense battle, F. Caruana - S. Rublevsky, Dagomys 2010. 16...0-0 17.Qe1 Bxe5 18.fxe5 Ne4

19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nb2 Qb6 21.Ra3 Bd5

22.Nc4 Qb5 23.Nd6 Qd3 24.Rxa5 Rxa5

25.Bxa5 Qxb3 26.h3 f5 27.exf6 Nxf6

28.Bb4 h6 29.Bc5 Nd7 30.Rxf8+ Nxf8

31.Qg3 Qd1+ 32.Kh2 Qh5 33.Nc8 Ng6

34.Be7 Kh7 35.Bd8 e5 36.Bb6 Qg5

37.Qxg5 hxg5 38.Nd6 exd4 39.Bxd4

Nf8 40.Kg3 Ne6 41.Bb6 Kg6 42.Kf2 Kf6

43.Ba7 ½–½ (43) Caruana,F (2680)-Rublevsky,S (2697) Dagomys 2010) 8...Nxb6 9.Bd2 Nxa4 10.Qxa4 Qb6 (Later it turned out that Black can equalize with 10...Bd7 11.Ne5 c5!) 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.Ne5 Qxb2 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.Bd3! Rb8 15.Ke2 White obtained a lasting initiative and won a brilliant game, M. Euwe - A. Alekhine, Netherlands 1935. 15...Rb6 16.Rb1 Qa3 17.Qxa3 Bxa3 18.Rxb6 Nxb6 19.Rb1 Nd7 20.Bxa6 Ke7 21.Rb3 Bd6 22.Bb7 c5 23.a4 Bb8 24.Rb5 Ba7 25.dxc5 Nxc5 26.Bb4 Kd6 27.a5 Kc7 28.Bxc5 Bxc5 29.Bxd5 Kd6 30.Bb7 Ba7 31.a6 Rd8 32.Rb2 Rd7 33.Rd2+ Ke7 34.Rc2 Rd6 35.Rc7+ Rd7 36.Rc2 Rd6 37.f4 f5 38.Rc8 Rd8 39.Rc7+ Rd7 40.Rc3 Rd6 41.Rc7+ Rd7 42.Rc3 Rd6 43.h4 g6 44.Rc2 h5 45.Rc3 Rb6 46.Rc7+ Kd6 47.Rg7 Rb2+ 48.Kd3 Ra2 49.Rxg6 Ra3+ 50.Kc4 Bxe3 51.Bd5 Bxf4 52.Rxe6+

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Kc7 53.Rc6+ Kb8 54.Rg6 Bc7 55.Bb7 Ka7 56.Rg5 Bd8 57.Rxh5 Bxh4 58.Rxf5 Kb6 59.Rb5+ Kc7 60.Rb3 Ra5 61.Kd4 Bf2+ 62.Ke4 Kd6 63.Rd3+ Ke6 64.Bc8+ Ke7 65.Rd5 Ra4+ 66.Kf5 Bg3 67.Rd7+ Kf8 68.a7 Bf2 69.Ba6 1–0 (69) Euwe,M-Alekhine,A Netherlands 1935]

7.Qc2 [Diagram

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A very clever introduction. Can it be that White has no more useful, more developing moves?]

[7.b4 is more like what I expected. Again there are examples of this theme in the classical canon: 7...a5 (In our days Black reacts more in the spirit of the popular schemes in the Queen's Gambit: 7...b6 8.Bb2 Be7 9.Bd3 0-0 10.0-0 a5 11.a3

Ba6 12.Qe2 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Qc7 14.h3

Rfb8 etc., M. Matlakov - D. Jakovenko, Dogomys 2010. 15.Rfb1 Rb7 16.Qc2 h6 17.Nd2 Rab8 18.Bc1 axb4 19.axb4 e5

20.Nb3 bxc5 21.bxc5 exd4 22.exd4 Nf8

23.Ne2 Ne6 24.Bd2 Nd7 25.Ba5 Qc8

26.Bc3 Bf6 27.Rb2 Ndf8 28.Rab1 Ng6

29.Nbc1 Rxb2 30.Rxb2 Rxb2 31.Qxb2

Ng5 32.Nd3 Qf5 33.Qc2 Ne4 34.Be1

Ng5 35.Bc3 Nh4 36.Ng3 Qc8 37.Qe2

Ne6 38.Qg4 Qa6 39.Nf4 Nxf4 40.Qxf4

Qd3 41.Qe3 Qc2 42.Bd2 Kh7 43.Qc3

Qb1+ 44.Kh2 Bd8 45.Bf4 Ng6 46.Bd6

Bh4 47.Qf3 Bxg3+ 48.fxg3 Qb7 49.Qf5

Kg8 ½–½ (49) Matlakov,M (2600)-Jakovenko,D (2725) Dagomys 2010) 8.b5 Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Nd2 f5 11.f3 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh6 13.Qe2 Be7 14.Bg2 0–0 15.0–0 Nf6 16.Nc4 Bd8 17.fxe4 fxe4 18.Nd6 Qg6 19.b6 Be7 20.Nc4 Qg5 21.Bd2 e5 22.Nxe5 Be6 23.Rf4 and Black did not have enough compensation for the pawn, M. Euwe - A. Alekhine. 23...Qh6 24.a3 g5 25.Rf2 Qg7 26.Raf1 h5 27.Kh1 Qh7 28.Bc3 h4 29.gxh4 Qxh4 30.Ng6 Qh7 31.Nxf8 Rxf8 32.d5 Nxd5 33.Rxf8+ Bxf8 34.Bd4 Be7 35.Qf2 Qh4 36.Qxh4 gxh4 37.Bxe4 Bd8 38.Bf5 Bxf5 39.Rxf5 Ne7 40.Rf6 Nc8 41.Rxc6 1–0 (41) Euwe,M-Alekhine,A Netherlands 1935]

7...b6 [Diagram

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A reasonable objection. One must distract the pawn on c5 while it is still not in a position to be supported by its buddy on b4.]

[The devotees of this variation for Black would look first of all at the brilliant break

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7...e5 and they would receive encouragement from the far from perfect game T. Radjabov - A. Grischuk, Bastia 2003: 8.dxe5 (However, Black will not be so happy after he realizes that White does not have to enter into complications: 8.b4!? e4 9.Nd2 with the idea of a breakthrough on the queenside. Further, in the game A. Kveinis - P. Velikov, Cappelle-la-Grande 2005, the breakthrough took place in a part of the board where it was not expected. 9...g6 10.Be2 h5?! 11.f3! exf3 12.Nxf3

Bh6 13.e4! Bxc1 14.Rxc1 dxe4 15.Nxe4

0-0 16.Nd6 Nd5 17.Qd2 Qe7 18.0-0 and things have turned out sadly for Black) 8...Ng4 9.e6 fxe6 10.Bd3 Ngf6 11.Ng5 Nxc5 12.Bxh7 Nxh7 13.Qg6+ Kd7 14.Nf7 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Nxh8 Kc7 17.Nf7 Bd7 18.Ne5 Be8 19.Qc2 Bd6 with an initiative for Black. Here I have deliberately not added any punctuation marks or recommendations, because this was after all a blitz game -- just for fun! 20.Ne2 Ne4 21.Nf4 Qf5 22.Ned3 e5 23.Nxd5+ Kd8 24.Nb6 Rb8 25.Nc4 Nhg5 26.Bd2 Nf3+ 27.Kd1 Bg6 28.Nxd6 Nxd6 29.Nb4 Qg4 30.Kc1 Bxc2 31.Nxc2 Nxd2 32.Kxd2 Qf3 33.Rhf1 Kc7 34.Ne1 Qd5+ 35.Kc2 Qc4+ 0–1 (35) Radjabov,T (2650)-Grischuk,A (2732) Bastia 2003]

8.cxb6 [There is no other way...]

[No, there is another way! In fact White could play the move 8.b4 a5 9.b5! with the idea of breaking through with the pawn on c6. However, Black can play the ultra-calm move 9...Bb7 , move the rook from a8 and force favorable exchanges.]

8...Nxb6 [Diagram

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A novelty! Here Black has usually played]

[8...Qxb6 . For example, 9.Na4 Qc7 10.Bd2 Be7 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.Bd3 a5 13.0–0 0–0 14.Rfd1 Rfc8 15.a3 Ba6 and Black is close to equality. S. Loiret - M. Grabarczyk, Cappelle-la-Grande 1994. 16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.Qd3 Qb7 18.Rc2 Raa8 19.Rdc1 Ne4 20.Be1 f5 21.Nd2 c5 22.f3 c4 23.Qe2 Nxd2 24.Bxd2 Nf6 25.Nc3 Qb8 26.g3 Qb6 27.Nd1 e5 28.Bc3 Re8 29.Qd2 f4 30.dxe5 fxe3 31.Nxe3 Bc5 32.Re1 d4 33.exf6 d3 34.Kg2 Bxe3 35.Rxe3 Rxe3 36.Qd1 Rae8 37.Rf2 Re2 38.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 39.Kh3 Qe6+ 40.g4 Qe3 0–1 (40) Loiret,S (2260)-Grabarczyk,M (2435) Cappelle la Grande 1994] 9.Bd2 [Diagram

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Boris hints at pressure along the c-file. The knight on c3 will soon head for a4. The only remaining question is what White has prepared to do about 9. ... c5.]

9...c5 [Vishy is also interested in the same question. Why bother defending a weak pawn if you can just get rid of it?]

[The process of banal development with 9...Bd6 10.Bd3 0–0 would have been interrupted by the weighty blow 11.e4! giving White a large advantage in all variations.]

10.Rc1 [There can be no two opinions about it -- Gelfand is following his home preparation. Otherwise he would not have hurried so much... Anand has now buried himself in calculations for a while. Apparently he was somewhat mistaken in his expectations.]

[There was no tactical refutation of Black's idea: 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nb5 (11.Nxd5? Qxd5) 11...Ne4! 12.Bd3? axb5 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Qxc5 exf3 and Black eats more material than White.]

10...cxd4 [Simplest and solidest.]

[After 10...c4 Black would have to reckon with 11.b3 and the ensuing variations are extremely difficult to decipher over the board -- 11...Bd7 (11...Bb7 12.Rb1!) 12.bxc4 (12.Ne5 Rc8 13.a4!?) 12...Nxc4 13.Bxc4 dxc4 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.0–0 with e3–e4 to follow.]

11.exd4 [Diagram

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White battles for the center without concern for the break in his pawn structure. The upcoming activity of his pieces, along with the unfavorable position of the knight on b6 and the bishop on c8, give him hope for a sustained initiative.]

11...Bd6 [On the other hand, Black for the time being has no obvious weaknesses. After castling he will put the bishop on b7, the rook on c8, and... we'll have to see what to do after that. One way or another, the good news here is that unlike the previous "White" games of Gelfand we have gotten a non-trivial pawn structure along with a full complement of pieces. This means we are in for a great battle! By the way, the challenger is thinking seriously. Apparently he has also run into something unexpected. Probably he was more anticipating the continuation ... c5–c4, closing the position, instead of the trade on d4. The time remaining is equal on both sides -- 1:32–1:32.]

12.Bg5 [Justifying the waste of time. Boris is trying to make use of the absence of Black's bishop from e7. But I am not certain that the pin on the knight on f6 will bother Vishy. In the final analysis, a trade on f6

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with a capture by the g7 pawn does not look promising for White.]

[What White could do after the more banal 12.Bd3 0–0 13.0–0 Bb7 is a question that we could spend qute a long time on. Again, the bishop sortie to g5 is possible, or the more clever move 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Qb3 Nf3–e5. Probably White could develop an initiative on the queenside here.; 12.Na4 could be considered here, but here Black has several defenses, such as 12...Nxa4 13.Qc6+ Bd7 14.Qxd6 Ne4 15.Qa3 Nxd2 16.Nxd2 Qe7]

12...0-0 [Without long hesitation.]

13.Bd3 [With the threat of taking on h7.]

13...h6 [The hunted moves away from the firing line and becomes the hunter.]

14.Bh4 [Diagram

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Gelfand played quickly and confidently. Apparently he has understood what he wants to play next -- he has worked out a plan of action. The move ... h7–h6 invites an assault on the Black king by White's pieces.]

[The saucy advance 14.h4 makes no particular sense here, because Black after all is not even going to consider taking on g5. Instead he will try to open up the center. And the White king will have nowhere to hide except on the kingside, in which case the move h2–h4 will look positionally illiterate.]

14...Bb7 [For the moment Black has a couple tempi to harmonize his position. Black can block the dangerous diagonal b1–h7 (on which, by the way, White would like to reverse the order of the pieces in the white-squared battery) with the move ... Nf6–e4, or he could in the future place the b6 knight on f8, reinforcing the h7 square.]

15.0-0 [It's time. After this White would like to drive in the nail on e5. It will be the base for the upcoming attack on the kingside.]

[I am both surprised and amused by the passion of certain programs for doubling the opponent's pawns. Here, for your amusement, is one of the variations they suggest: 15.Qb3 Rb8 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.0–0 e5 18.Bf5 e4 19.Nd2 Nc8 after which even here the machine evaluates White's chances rather optimistically. The rude awakening will happen later. Don't believe the computer every time about everything, my friends! It is better to trust your own eyes.]

15...Qb8 [A strange and, if it had been played by anyone but Anand, I would have said an artificial manoeuvre. Why go in for such tricks when there are so many simple, natural moves? I understand that he is not afraid of the trade on f6. But in fact, the arrangement of Black's heavy pieces (the queen has made itself scarce, the rook on a8

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is locked up) gives White some grounds for taking on f6. Followed by the foray Nc3–e2–g3–h5. Of course, Gelfand is taking his time here. You have to deal with the initial surprise, put your emotions to the side, calmly consider the pluses and minuses, and calculate the optimal solution.]

[15...Nbd7 was the first move I looked at, with elementary play in the center: 16.Rfe1 Rc8 17.Ne5 Qb6 18.Qd2 Rfe8 19.Bb1 Bf8 and on the direct 20.Qd3 Black has 20...Nxe5 21.dxe5 Ne4 . Likewise on 20. Re3; 15...Bf4 is a second possibility, and Black can seize the c-file by 16.Rcd1 Rc8 17.Ne5 Qc7 , with the idea, after 18.Bg3 Bxg3 19.hxg3 (19.fxg3 Ne4) 19...Nbd7 20.Qe2 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Nd7 22.Rfe1 , of beginning counterplay in the center by 22...d4! 23.Na4 (23.Ne4? Nxe5!) 23...Rfd8 with good chances of reaching a healthy old age.]

16.Bg3 [Diagram

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An intentionally quiet move. It would appear that Boris was a little bit too successful in the battle with his own emotions!]

[16.Rfe1 begged to be played, followed by

Qc2–e2 and Nf3–e5.; Also, I insist, it would have been very interesting to play 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Ne2 , for example, 17...Rc8 18.Qd2 Bf8 19.Rxc8 Nxc8 20.Ng3 Nd6 21.Nh5 Qd8 22.Qf4 and Black will have to place his knight on e8, which is, though not fatal, at least unattractive. The alternative 22...f5 essentially loses after 23.g4! fxg4 24.Qxg4+ Kh8 25.Kh1! and after Rf1–g1 the game is over. Of course this is only an illustration of the dangers facing Black, but it was worth thinking about...]

16...Rc8 [The only logical justification of the queen maneuver to b8 -- the king rook immediately joins the battle. But it achieves this joy at the cost of the queen rook's tears... Visually and intuitively, this sort of voluntary exodus of the mass of Black pieces away from their own king looks dangerous. Although it's true that after the desertion by the white bishop of its post on h4, these dangers have almost disappeared.]

17.Qe2 [White liquidates the threat of ... Nf6–e4 and prepares, finally, to establish his knight on e5.]

[In the variation 17.Ne5 Ne4 the brave computer recommends 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Qe2 attacking the pawn on e4. But literate chess players only play such moves in a case of extreme necessity. I think you'll agree that it's hardly appealing to lengthen the diagonal of the bishop on b7, even more so in the absence of an opposing light-squared bishop. Here both moves of the f7 pawn are good for Black.]

17...Bxg3 [Checking the opponent's intentions. Who is going to capture on g3?]

18.hxg3 [Boris didn't hesitate for long.]

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[A player of a different age and temperament might have considered and perhaps even played the move 18.fxg3 , opening the file for the f1 rook. However, the consequences are not obvious: 18...Qd6 19.Ne5 Nbd7 20.Rf4 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Qb6+ 22.Kh1 Nd7 23.Rcf1 Rf8 and White's piece setup is quite attractive, but how is he to continue the attack? If 24.Bb1 Rac8 25.Qd3 f5 26.exf6 Nxf6 all of the brilliant sacrifices on f6 lead only to a few checks followed by disappointment.]

18...Qd6 [Vishy positions his pieces solidly. He still needs to think about how to activate his brigade of pieces on the queenside. The knight on f6, which is not attacked by anything, guarantees the king a healthy life. There is time for unhurried positional maneuvers.]

19.Rc2 [The challenger plays with an abundance of caution, not being tempted by active continuations. It's hardly likely that you can cause the world champion any grief by playing this way. The small problems on the queenside (the pawn on a6 is hanging, and on ... a6–a5 one must reckon with the knight jump from c3 to b5) do not appear unsolvable.]

[On the other hand, at present 19.Ne5 appears somewhat decorative... It's true that after 19...Qb4 20.Rfe1! Qxd4? the apparently fake rifle on the wall suddenly fires a shot: 21.Nxf7 Kxf7 22.Qxe6+ Kf8 23.Bg6 Rc7 24.Nb5 and White wins. So it was worth a try.]

19...Nbd7 [A strategy of solidity.]

[19...Nc4 led to a more complicated,

calculated game, with greater risk to Black. The knight on c4 has been placed under the spotlight... Apparently Anand did not like the fact that White would have some new attacking ideas. For example, 20.Na4! Nd7 21.Rfc1 and it's time for an explosion.; After further thought, I failed to understand what White can accomplish if Black simply moves all of his vulnerable pieces away from danger: 19...a5 20.Rfc1 Qe7 and from here I could not find a productive plan for White.]

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White announces his squatter's rights on the only open file. True, I suspect that Black can challenge them with the brave move 20. ... Rc7. In that case the tactical blows do not work.]

20...Rab8 [A move made from general considerations. If the opportunity presents itself, Black will be able to make use of the motif of the weak White pawn on b3. And the move b2–b3 is probably unsatisfactory for White. For White, a topical plan would be to set up a bind with a2–a3, b2–b4, followed by Nc3–a4–c5. But of course, Black will not stand around and wait, bt will play ... a6–a5 to prevent the advance b2–b4.

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The contestants are lavishly wasting their time: the clocks show 0:45 - 0:42. Anatoly Evgenievich Karpov just walked into the commentators' studio, and has joined in the discussion of the position and is reminiscing about past times. For example, how he and Kasparov played cards in the jet flying from London to Leningrad. At the very same time when they were playing a match for the world championship. It's hard to imagine that now... Imagine that Kramnik had played poker with Topalov in the off days at Elista in 2006! [Do I need to remind anyone about the infamous "Toiletgate" affair...? - DM]]

[Still, in case of 20...Rc7!? 21.Nb5 fails to 21...Rxc2 22.Nxd6 Rxc1+ 23.Ne1 (of course not 23.Kh2? Ng4+ 24.Kh3 Ndf6! threatening mate) 23...Rb8 24.Qd2 Rc6 25.Nxb7 Rxb7 and here Black's chances, at a minimum, are no worse.]

21.Na4 [It looks as if the knight is going straight to c5. But did Boris consider the possibility that Black might activate his bishop by means of ... Bb7–c6–b5? Let's say, after the trade of a pair of rooks on c2. Apparently he is planning to take on c2 not with the rook, but with the queen. I have to look at this...]

21...Ne4?! [Vishy has clearly decided to play too prophylactically. It looks as if he is willing to endure the hardship of an inferior position merely for the sake of not having to calculate any complicated and deep variations. This is old man's chess, to be blunt.]

[It seems to me that in a championship match it should be possible to remember one's youth and calculate some variations,

which for someone with such over-the-clouds talent should not even be all that complicated: 21...Rxc2 22.Qxc2 (22.Rxc2 Bc6! and White has nothing) 22...Rc8 23.Qxc8+ (23.Nc5 a5=) 23...Bxc8 24.Rxc8+ Nf8 25.Nc5 -- the activity of White's pieces is scary, but one must not underestimate the queen -- 25...Qb6 26.Ne5 (26.b3 g6) 26...Qxb2 27.Ncd7 N6xd7 28.Nxd7 g6 29.Rxf8+ Kg7 30.Bxa6 Qxa2 31.Bb5 Qa1+ 32.Bf1 Qxd4 33.Rc8 e5 and it seems to me that neither side can count on victory. Certainly not White!]

22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 [To take on e4 or not to take?]

[If 22...Rxc8 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Qxe4 White has manufactured a healthy extra pawn, and the Black bishop for the time being cannot go to b7.]

23.Qc2! [The correct choice. The initiative is more important for now than a pawn. My first impression is that White's advantage is significant and enduring. My second impression -- likewise. The clock is also in his favor: 0:36 - 0:22.]

[After 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Qxe4 Bb7 Black has successfully unwound his pieces and obtained strong counter-play... and, in fact, he can win back the pawn quickly with 25.Qe3 (25.Qe2 Bxf3 26.Qxf3 Qxd4) 25...Bc6 26.b3 Bxa4 27.bxa4 Qb4 and so on.]

23...g5?! [A very nervous move. The coordination of Black's pieces leaves much to be desired, and at the same time he weakens his king's pawn covering and leaves his queen waiting in the wings... Strange!]

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[Having adopted a strategy of patient waiting, Anand should have continued it: 23...Ndf6 24.Ne5 Bd7 25.Nc5 Be8 , after which the captures on a6 seem to be harmless: 26.Nxa6 (26.Bxa6? Nxc5) 26...Ra8 27.Nc7 (27.Nc5 Rxa2) 27...Rc8! and go ahead, just try to get out of that pin.]

24.Qc7 [Diagram

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Simple and strong. The heavy piece on c7 will be extremely dangerous for Black. It is hard to understand how the world champion could have voluntarily gone into such an unappealing, deplorable position. Probably he miscalculated somewhere. I will try to work out a relatively plausible version of events.]

24...Qxc7 [This move puts up the best resistance.] [We can see the importance of the e5 square in the variation 24...Kg7 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.dxe5 Qxc7 27.Rxc7 and Black simply can't move anything; I think I've found what Anand missed! In all likelihood, he was planning to play 24...Bb7 25.Bxe4 (25.Ne5 Rc8!) 25...Qxc7 and then after the captures on c7 and e4 Black gets counter-chances. However, on closer inspection he noticed the resource 26.Bh7+!

Kxh7 27.Rxc7 and Black suffers casualties. For example, 27...Kg7 28.Rxd7 Bc6 29.Rxf7+ Kxf7 30.Ne5+ Kf6 31.Nxc6 and you can stick a fork in it -- Black's done.]

25.Rxc7 f6 [Black has removed all of his pawns from the feeding trough. However, this is hardly likely to save him from material loss. His pieces are awfully passive.]

[If 25...Ndf6 26.Bxe4! is very unpleasant. (26.Ne5 Nd6 is not so clear, as after 27.Nc5?! Black has 27...Nfe8! 28.Ra7 Rxb2) 26...Nxe4 27.Ne5 Nd6 28.Nc5 Kg7 (28...Rxb2 29.Rc6) 29.g4 and again there is no apparent way for Black to break out of the vise.]

26.Bxe4 [The perfect moment.]

26...dxe4 27.Nd2 [The knight threatens the pawn, and in case of .. . f6–f5 it will penetrate into the Black camp via c4. Black's position is critical.] 27...f5 [Realizing that he will not get any compensation for the pawn, Vishy holds onto the material to the bitter end. In such a lamentable position there is no good advice for Black.] 28.Nc4 [Diagram

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Threatening to penetrate on d6. It's painful to look at the bishop on c8... As, indeed, it is painful to look at the world champion himself on the video feed.]

28...Nf6 [Black holds on, which is to say that he prolongs the resistance by playing forced moves.]

29.Nc5 [Meanwhile White attacks with moves that can easily be made by the hand alone, without the brain's assistance.]

29...Nd5 30.Ra7 [The position of the Black bishop remains deplorable. There are no active ideas. It's a bad business for Anand, and there isn't much time either: 0:14 - 0:09.]

30...Nb4 [And he sets a transparent trap -- he threatens ... Nb4–c6xd4. But is this a trap? I think that the pawn on d4 will cost Black a bishop. For example, after 31. a3!?]

[On 30...Rb4 White can drily play 31.b3 with the threat of Ra7–a8.]

31.Ne5 [Paying no attention to the opponent's petty threats or any other detours along the way.]

31...Nc2 [A desperate counter-attack.]

32.Nc6 Rxb2 33.Rc7 [Black loses a bishop. The last chance lies in hunting down the White king.]

[33.Ne7+ also wins, as after 33...Kh8 34.Nxc8 Rb1+ 35.Kh2 e3 36.Nd7! exf2 37.Nf6 Rh1+ (or 37...f1N+ 38.Kh3 g4+ 39.Kh4 1–0) 38.Kxh1 f1Q+ 39.Kh2 in spite of his extra material, Black has no way to save his king.]

33...Rb1+ 34.Kh2 e3 [There he goes!]

35.Rxc8+ Kh7 36.Rc7+ [Gelfand repeats moves... and weaves a mating net!]

36...Kh8 [Now what? The opponents are fighting with their flags hanging.]

[The king also dies after 36...Kg6 37.Ne5+ Kh5 38.Nxe6 g4 39.Rg7!]

37.Ne5 [37.Ne7 would also lead to checkmate as shown in the previous note.]

37...e2 [37...exf2 38.Nxe6 doesn't change anything.]

38.Nxe6 [Diagram

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and here Anand resigned! The first goal of the match has been scored! The beautiful ending 38. ... e1=Q 39. Ng6+ Kg8 40. Rg7#! remains in the footnotes. Well, let me first recognize the steady and confident play of Gelfand, who has won a victory that is tremendously important from the sporting point of view. I am also astonished by the weak, passive and uncertain play of Anand in the transition from the opening to the

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middlegame. He was unrecognizable as his former self. He made mistakes in calculating variations and thought up moves that were artificial in the positional sense... It was clearly not the day of the world champion. Now he is in the position of the trailing side. But there are still five more games. He still has chances. Thanks to all of you for your attention! This has been grandmaster Sergey Shipov at your service. I'll see you tomorrow.]

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Gelfand,Boris (2727) − Anand,Viswanathan (2791) [D45]WCh Moscow (7), 20.05.2012[Milos,Gilberto,Taner,Harun]

[Gelfand repeats white in game seven since this is the start of the second half of the match and they invert colours.]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6

5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 [Gelfand tries a different idea than Qc2 which led to nothing in game six.]

6...Nbd7 7.Qc2 [0.23/0]

b6 [Another idea for Black is to play for ...e5 which could be achieved after ...Qe7 and g6. 0.31/0]

8.cxb6 [0.12/0]

Nxb6 [0.44/0]

9.Bd2 [0.24/0]

c5 [0.08/0]

10.Rc1 [0.18/0] cxd4 [Diagram

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This releases the central pressure and opens the white bishop on d2. Alternatives were; 0.12/0]

[10...c4 11.b3; 10...Nfd7]

11.exd4 [0.30/0]

Bd6 [0.09/0]

12.Bg5 [Black's pawn structure is better but the bishop on c8 is worse than White's bishop and this makes Gelfand's play easier. 0.11/0]

[If the challenger had played 12.Bd3 then Black might reply with 12...h6!? and White would not be able to activate his bishop on d2 so soon.]

12...0-0 [0.02/0]

13.Bd3 [0.06/0]

h6 [0.02/0]

14.Bh4 [0.03/0]

Bb7 [If Black plays the idea .. .a5–Ba6, to

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exchange his bad bishop, then the b5 square would be weakened. 0.20/0]

15.0-0 [White's plan is Qe2–Ne5–f4. 0.02/0]

15...Qb8 [controlling e5 and intending ...Rc8 and Nh5 or Nfd7. If White plays Bxf6 he will lose control of the black squares and there is no clear way to attack the king. 0.52/0]

16.Bg3 [after this White plays to control the black squares e5 and c5 and against the bad bishop on b7. 0.12/0]

16...Rc8 [0.10/0]

17.Qe2 [0.13/0]

Bxg3 [0.13/0]

[17...Nh5 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Ne5 Nf6 is also possible with a small edge for White. (19...Nf4? 20.Qf3 Nxd3 21.Qxf7++-) ]

18.hxg3 [0.16/0]

Qd6 [0.19/0]

19.Rc2 [0.19/0]

Nbd7 [0.29/0]

[19...Rc7 20.Rfc1 Rac8 21.Bxa6 with a clear pawn up.]

20.Rfc1 [0.21/0]

Rab8 [0.41/0]

[20...Rc7 was possible and natural. White could play: 21.a3 to continue with b4.

a) but not 21.Nb5 Rxc2 22.Nxd6 Rxc1+ 23.Ne1 (23.Kh2 Ng4+ 24.Kh3 Ndf6) 23...Rb8 and Black is better.;

b) 21.Na4 Rac8 22.Rxc7 Rxc7 23.Rxc7 Qxc7 24.Qc2 Qxc2 25.Bxc2 a5! is equal. (25...Kf8? 26.b4) ; ]

21.Na4 [0.27/0]

[21.a3 was a good alternative.]

21...Ne4 [0.55/0]

[better was 21...Rxc2 22.Rxc2 (22.Qxc2 Rc8 23.Qxc8+ Bxc8 24.Rxc8+ Nf8 is good for Black.) 22...Bc6 (22...Ne4) 23.Nc5 Bb5 24.Bxb5 axb5�]

22.Rxc8+! [Diagram

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forcing the bishop to c8 and controlling the c file. 0.50/0]

22...Bxc8 [0.74/0]

23.Qc2 [0.53/0]

[Another possibility worth considering was 23.Bxe4 but after 23...dxe4 24.Qxe4 Bb7

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25.Qe3 (25.Qf4?! just leads to equality after 25...Qxf4 26.gxf4 Bxf3 27.gxf3

Rb4; The same goes for 25.Qe2 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Qxd4 and White has nothing.) 25...Bc6! The key equalizer. (25...Bxf3 on the other hand would be a mistake. 26.gxf3 Rb4 27.Rc8+ Kh7 28.Rc4! white is a clear pawn up. No, the rook is not exactly hanging. 28...Rxc4 29.Qd3+ wins it right back.) ; 23.Qe1 would be interesting with the idea 23...Bb7 24.Qa5]

23...g5? [The decisive mistake. 0.70/0]

[The natural 23...Bb7 would be answered by 24.Nc5 with a small but clear advantage for White. 24...Rc8 25.b4; 23...Ndf6 was the best defense. White could play Nc5 or Ne5 retaining the advantage, but not 24.Qc7 Bd7! and black is doing fine.]

24.Qc7 [Now Boris controls the entire board and we can clearly see the problems the bad bishop is causing. 1.17/0]

24...Qxc7 [1.06/0]

25.Rxc7 [1.03/0]

f6 [2.09/0]

26.Bxe4 [Not wasting his chance, Gelfand plays all the correct moves until the end. 1.24/0]

26...dxe4 [1.64/0]

27.Nd2 [1.96/0]

f5 [1.96/0]

28.Nc4 [2.17/0]

Nf6 [3.15/0]

29.Nc5 [1.99/0]

Nd5 [3.31/0]

30.Ra7 [3.55/0]

Nb4 [2.36/0]

31.Ne5 [1.45/0]

Nc2 ['?!' 2.83/0]

32.Nc6 ['+–' 2.87/0]

32...Rxb2 [2.84/0]

33.Rc7 [3.12/0]

Rb1+ [4.89/0]

34.Kh2 [4.28/0]

e3 [10.41/0]

35.Rxc8+ [299.87/0] Kh7 [18.13/0]

36.Rc7+ [18.54/0] Kh8 [Diagram

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299.88/0]

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37.Ne5 [37.Nd7 would be mate in 17 moves according to the computer.]

37...e2 38.Nxe6 [and the world champion resigned. Tha last trick was]

[38.Ng6+ Kg8 39.Nxe6? Rh1+ 40.Kxh1 e1Q+ 41.Kh2 Qxe6 and ... Black wins!]

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Gelfand,Boris (2739) − Anand,Viswanathan (2799) [D45]WCh Moscow (7), 20.05.2012[Golubev,Mikhail,Taner,Harun]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 [Diagram

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] 6.c5 [Earlier in the match Gelfand played 6.b3 (Games 2, 4); and 6.Qc2 (Game 6). Now he goes for a more complex fight.]

6...Nbd7 [Black also often plays 6...b6 7.cxb6 Nbd7 as in Euwe-Alekhine, Wch 1935 (Game 8). After the text, 7.b4 is the most usual move.]

7.Qc2!? [Diagram

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] 7...b6 [A problem with 7...e5 8.dxe5 Ng4 , Radjabov-Grischuk, Bastia rapid 2003, can be 9.Na4 which had been used in the later games. (9.e6 fxe6 10.Bd3 Ngf6 11.Ng5 Nxc5 12.Bxh7 Nxh7 13.Qg6+ Kd7

14.Nf7 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Nxh8 Kc7

17.Nf7 Bd7 18.Ne5 Be8 19.Qc2 Bd6

20.Ne2 Ne4 21.Nf4 Qf5 22.Ned3 e5

23.Nxd5+ Kd8 24.Nb6 Rb8 25.Nc4

Nhg5 26.Bd2 Nf3+ 27.Kd1 Bg6 28.Nxd6

Nxd6 29.Nb4 Qg4 30.Kc1 Bxc2 31.Nxc2

Nxd2 32.Kxd2 Qf3 33.Rhf1 Kc7 34.Ne1

Qd5+ 35.Kc2 Qc4+ 0–1 (35) Radjabov,T (2650)-Grischuk,A (2732) Bastia 2003) ; 7...g6 8.e4!? e5 had occurred in Krasenkow-Avrukh, Plovdiv Echt 2003 where 9.Nxe5 (9.dxe5 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.e6 exf3

12.exd7+ Bxd7 13.Qc3 Rg8 14.gxf3

Bg7 15.Qb4 a5 16.Qxb7 Qb8 17.Qxb8+

Rxb8 18.Bd3 Bxb2 19.Bxb2 Rxb2 20.0-

0 Ke7 21.Rfe1+ Kf6 22.Be4 Be6

23.Red1 Rxa2 24.Rxa2 Bxa2 25.Rd6+

Ke5 26.Rxc6 f5 27.Bc2 Bd5 28.Rb6

Bxf3 29.c6 Kd6 30.Ba4 Re8 31.Kf1 Re4

32.Bb5 Rb4 33.Ke1 Rd4 0–1 (33) Krasenkow,M (2597)-Avrukh,B (2609) Plovdiv 2003) 9...Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bc4 Qa5+!? , etc. (as analysed by Avrukh in Informator) seems to be critical.; 7...Qe7 was tested in

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Aleksandrov-Roiz, Saratov 2006 and Nguyen Chi Minh-Thesing, Liechtenstein 2007. The latter game continued 8.b4 e5 9.Be2 e4 10.Nd2 g6 11.Nb3 Bg7 12.a4! 0–0 13.b5Ö and here Black could have tried 13...a5 though the pawn is generally dead there.]

8.cxb6 [Diagram

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] 8...Nxb6N [Already a novelty, but Gelfand was surely prepared to meet it.]

9.Bd2 c5 [Diagram

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]

10.Rc1! [White is able to fight for the initiative after this move.]

[Probably less promising is 10.dxc5 Bxc5 where 11.Nb5?! is parried by 11...Ne4]

10...cxd4 11.exd4 Bd6 [Diagram

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] 12.Bg5!? [More obvious was 12.Bd3 but Gelfand shows that he has time for completing his development.; After 12.Na4 Black could have played 12...Nxa4 13.Qc6+ Bd7 14.Qxd6 Ne4]

12...0-0 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bh4 Bb7 15.0-0 [

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] 15...Qb8 [A move, which was generally not anticipated by commentators.]

16.Bg3!? [And here folks expected 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Ne2! heading the knight to h5, and if 17...Rc8 18.Qd2 with some plus for White according to "Houdini". But Gelfand, perhaps, already planned to attack on the queenside instead!]

16...Rc8 17.Qe2 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Qd6 [

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] 19.Rc2!1 [Personally, I was looking at 19.Ne5 Rc7 20.f4 Qb4!?Ü] 19...Nbd7!? [After 19...Rc7 20.Rfc1 Black anyway cannot play 20...Rac8 because of 21.Bxa6] 20.Rfc1 [Diagram

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] 20...Rab8 [This move was not assessed highly, for example, by Grischuk who commented on the game at the official website. Anand himself called the move unimpressive afterwards.]

21.Na4!? [Gelfand, as he said at the press conference, felt that the position after this move is already unpleasant for Black.]

[During the game Karpov, Grischuk, Smirin discussed 21.a3 with a similar strategic plan: b4, Na4–c5.; White "Houdini" vowed for 21.Qe3]

21...Ne4?! [Anand, likely, had to play 21...Rxc2! and it is not yet clear whether White has much.]

22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 [Diagram

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The ill-fated black bishop is now even more passive, and White gains extra time for his operations.]

23.Qc22 [Karpov mentioned the following idea: 23.Qe1!? and the queen can go to a5. But Gelfand's move is good enough.]

23...g5? [In a bad position, all moves are bad, commented later Anand on this

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decision.]

[GM Korobov at Chess-News.ru proposed the desperate 23...e5!?; Some online annotators looked at 23...Ndf6 24.Ne5 Bd7 25.Nc5 Be8; After 23...Bb7 White would have had 24.Nc5!Ö and if 24...Rc8 25.b4]

24.Qc73 [Diagram

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] 24...Qxc7 25.Rxc7 f6 [Not the most stubborn defence.]

26.Bxe4! dxe4 27.Nd2 f5 [Otherwise Black loses a pawn.]

28.Nc4!+- [Diagram

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But now White simply dominates.] 28...Nf6 29.Nc5! Nd5 30.Ra7 Nb4 31.Ne5 [A good move, even if engines are proposing other solutions.] 31...Nc2 [Anand, understandably, is trying to complicate Gelfand's task before the control.] 32.Nc6 Rxb2 33.Rc7 [Diagram

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] 33...Rb1+ [The immediate 33...e3 could have prolonged the game a bit, at best. 34.Rxc8+ Kg7 35.Rc7+ Kh8 36.Nd7! (after 36.fxe3 Nxe3 37.Ne5 Rxg2+ 38.Kh1

Rf2! , threatening with a perpetual check, makes White to play 39.Ncd3!) 36...exf2+ 37.Kxf2 Nxd4+ 38.Ke3+– with the idea of 38...Nxc6 39.Nf6!]

34.Kh2 e3 35.Rxc8+ Kh7 36.Rc7+ [

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It turns out that White's direct attack decides.]

36...Kh8 37.Ne5 [Another win was 37.Nd7]

37...e2 [Diagram

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] 38.Nxe6! [After 38.Nxe6 Rh1+ 39.Kxh1 e1Q+ 40.Kh2 there is no defence against Ng6+, Rg7# other than to give away the queen. A strongly played game by Gelfand; Anand did not manage to solve his strategic problem . He probably underestimated the dangers of White's queenside assault initially.]

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Gelfand,Boris (2739) − Anand,Viswanathan (2799) [D45]WCh Moscow (7), 20.05.2012[Pein,Malcolm,Taner,Harun]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 [I was more or less expecting this at some point as it's often the critical test of a6. There is a hole on b6 and Black's natural freeing attempt e5 cannot be

played in one move. Of course b7–b6 is a natural response]

6...Nbd7 7.Qc2 [7.b4 Qc7; 7.b4 g6 Seems to me to be the critical lines, perhaps a battleground in game nine.]

7...b6 [Effectively a novelty! why? it's so natural]

8.cxb6 [8.b4 a5 9.b5 Bb7=]

8...Nxb6 [Diagram

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For the database junkies, this is the actual novelty]

[8...c5 9.Na4 cxd4 10.exd4 Nxb6 11.Nc5 Nbd7 12.b4 +/=]

9.Bd2 c5 10.Rc1 cxd4 [10...c4 is met by 11.e4 But comparing it with similar positions in the Tarrasch Defence it doesn't look like much]

11.exd4 Bd6 12.Bg5 0-0 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bh4 Bb7 15.0-0 Qb8 16.Bg3 [16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Qd2? Bf4; 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Ne2 Rc8 18.Qd2 was worth consideration but Gelfand wants to play positionally and avoid tactical

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complications. He just asks Anand what he is going to do with his bad bishop now that his good bishop is being exchanged]

16...Rc8 [Diagram

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] 17.Qe2 [17.Ne5 Intends f4 and was sharper but Boris wants to prevent Ne4. Very cautious, I was disappointed at the time but this approach is more than vindicated] 17...Bxg3 18.hxg3 [18.fxg3 Was possible looking for an attack but Boris is consistent. He has decided his chances are on the queenside and he consistently plays against the bad bishop 18...Qa7 Is a possible reply and a little awkward] 18...Qd6 19.Rc2 Nbd7 [Diagram

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Covering e5 and allowing the queen to defend a6]

20.Rfc1 Rab8 [Directed against the plan of Na4. Interestingly afterwards Vishy expressed dissatisfaction with this move]

[Karpov preferred 20...Rc7 and analysed it concretely with Leko 21.Na4 (21.Nb5

Rxc2 22.Nxd6 Rxc1+ 23.Kh2 Ng4+

24.Kh3 Ndf6 Black is fine in these complications 25.Ne1 Bc6 26.f3 Rd8 27.Nxf7 Kxf7 28.fxg4 Bb5 29.Bxb5 axb5

30.g5 hxg5 31.g4 Rh8+ 32.Kg3) 21...Rac8 22.Rxc7 Rxc7 23.Rxc7 Qxc7 24.Qc2 Qxc2 25.Bxc2 Idea b4 25...a5 26.Nd2 Bc6 27.Nc5 Nxc5 28.dxc5 Nd7 29.Nb3 Ba4 is better for Black hence concretely Rc7 may be better.; 20...a5!? 21.Nb5 Qb6]

21.Na4 [21.a3]

21...Ne4?! [Diagram

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A natural response but now White certainly a bit better. Suspect this is the cause of later problems]

[21...Rxc2 22.Rxc2 (22.Qxc2 Rc8 23.Nc5 e5!?; 22.Qxc2 Rc8 23.Qxc8+ Bxc8

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24.Rxc8+ Nf8 25.Nc5 Qb6 26.Ne5

Qxb2 27.Ncd7 N6xd7 28.Nxd7 g6 Computer - is pleasant for Black or to quote his eloquent silicon eminence: -0.64/0) 22...Bc6 23.Nc5 Bb5= Exchanging this bishop is a key objective for Black]

22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Qc2 [Played quickly. Interesting comments from Leko: "When a player is comfortable with black he is less likely to risk with white. Maybe this game is a turning point in that regard."]

[23.Qe1! Karpov - Leko raved about this move, reveals Karpov's wonderful insight, ' Black square strategy' b4 and Nc5 coming 23...Bb7 24.Qa5 with b4 coming when White must be comfortably better; 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Qxe4 Bb7 25.Qf4 (25.Qe3 Bc6 26.b3 Bxa4 27.bxa4 Qb4=) 25...Qxf4 26.gxf4 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Rb4µ]

23...g5 [Looks almost desperate. 'In a bad position usually all moves are bad' - Anand]

[23...Bb7 24.Nc5! Leko thought Vishy missed this (24.Qc7 Rc8) 24...Rc8 (24...Ndxc5 25.dxc5 Qc7 26.c6) 25.b4!]

24.Qc7 [24.Nc5 Also good but keep it simple against Vishy is often the right plan]

24...Qxc7 25.Rxc7 f6 26.Bxe4! [After 10 minutes thought just to be sure. At this point, a strong player can tell the game is won. Nf3–d2–c4–d6 is a terrible threat. The bishop on c8 is hopeless, a6 and e6 are weak and Black can hardly play a constructive move]

26...dxe4 27.Nd2 f5 28.Nc4 Nf6 29.Nc5 [Vishy 10 minutes left]

29...Nd5 30.Ra7 Nb4 [Diagram

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BG 00.13 VA 00.06 Vishy knows the game is over so he tries to create some diversionary tactics and because he is a genius he actually manages it]

31.Ne5 Nc2 32.Nc6 Rxb2 33.Rc7 Rb1+ [33...e3 34.Rxc8+ Kg7 35.Rc7+ Kh8 36.fxe3 Nxe3 37.Ne5 Rxg2+ 38.Kh1 Rxa2 39.Ng6+ Kg8 40.Nxe6 Ra1+ 41.Kh2 Ra2+ 42.Kg1 No perp]

34.Kh2 e3 35.Rxc8+ [Vishy is desperately trying to arrange Nc2–e3 to g4 and back rank mate but the Nc6 comes to e5 and defends]

35...Kh7 36.Rc7+ [Leko quoted Botvinnik. 'Better to be a piece up than to force mate'. Point is you can't mess up with an extra piece whereas if you miss the mate... This is worth pointing out to the masses who only follow the engine numbers. However the lines are not to hard to calculate so Boris decides to force matters]

36...Kh8 37.Ne5 [37.Nd7 exf2 38.Nf6 f1N+ 39.Kh3!+– (39.Kg1 Nfe3+ 40.Kf2 Ng4+!=) ]

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37...e2 38.Nxe6 ['I started to drift a little bit in the opening and the rest revolved around my bishop on c8' - Anand]

[It's mate on c8 or huge material loss after 38.Nxe6 Rh1+ 39.Kxh1 e1Q+ 40.Kh2]

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Gelfand,Boris (2727) − Anand,Viswanathan (2791) [D45]WCh Moscow (7), 20.05.2012[Prado,Oscar de,Taner,Harun]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 [Diagram

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Gelfand de nuevo es el primero en desviarse tras jugar antes 6.b3 y 6.Dc2 prueba ahora otra jugada.]

6...Nbd7 [6...b6 7.cxb6 Nbd7 8.Bd3 (8.Na4 Nxb6 9.Bd2 Nxa4 10.Qxa4 Bd7

11.Ne5 Ne4 12.Ba5 c5 13.Nxd7 Qxd7

14.Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.f3 Nf6 16.Rc1 c4

17.b3 Rb8 18.bxc4 Bb4+ 19.Bxb4 Rxb4

20.c5 Rb2 21.a4 Ra8 22.Be2 Kc7

23.Rf1 Rab8 24.Rf2 R8b3 25.Bxa6

Rxe3+ 26.Kf1 Rb4 27.Ra2 Reb3

28.Rd1 Ng8 29.a5 Ne7 30.Be2 Nc6

31.a6 Kb8 32.Rad2 Ra3 33.Kf2 g5

34.h4 gxh4 35.Rh1 Rxd4 36.Rb2+ Kc7

37.Rhb1 Ne5 38.Rb8 Kc6 39.Rc8+ Kd7

40.Rg8 Ke7 41.Rb7+ Kf6 42.a7 Rda4

43.c6 Nxc6 44.Bb5 Ra2+ 45.Kg1 Rxa7

46.Bxc6 Rxb7 47.Bxb7 h5 48.Kh2 Ra1

49.Bc6 Rc1 50.Bb5 Rb1 51.Be2 Re1

52.Ba6 Ra1 53.Bd3 Rd1 54.Bh7 d4

55.Rb8 Kg7 56.Rb1 Rd2 57.Be4 f5

58.Bb7 e5 59.Rb5 Kf6 60.f4 e4 61.Bc8

d3 62.Rxf5+ Kg7 63.Rg5+ Kf6 64.Rf5+

Kg7 65.Rg5+ Kf6 66.Rf5+ Kg7 1/2–1/2 (66) Ponomariov,R (2738)-Topalov,V (2804) Sofia BUL 2006) 8...c5 9.0–0 Qxb6 (9...Nxb6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.e4 Bb7

12.e5 Ne4 13.Qe2 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7

15.Rb1 Nc4 16.Bf4 Bc6 17.Nd4 0-0

18.Qh5 g6 19.Qf3 Rfc8 20.Nxc6 Qxc6

21.Bxc4 dxc4 22.Qxc6 Rxc6 23.Rfd1

Rcc8 24.Kf1 Rab8 25.Bg5 Bf8 26.Be3

Kg7 27.Ke2 h6 28.f4 Ba3 29.Kf3 Bb2

30.Bd4 Rb5 31.g4 Kf8 32.f5 gxf5

33.gxf5 exf5 34.Kf4 Ke7 35.Kxf5 Rg8

36.Rg1 Rxg1 37.Rxg1 Ba3 38.Rg8 Rb2

39.Ra8 Rxh2 40.Rxa6 Bc1 41.Bc5+

Kd7 42.a4 Rh4 43.Rd6+ Ke8 44.Rd4

Rxd4 45.Bxd4 Bg5 46.a5 Kd7 47.a6

Kc6 48.Bc5 Bd8 49.Bb4 h5 50.Bc5 Bh4

51.Be3 Bd8 52.Bf2 Be7 53.Be3 Kd5

1/2–1/2 (53) Gelfand,B (2733)-Fridman,D (2626) Ciudad Real 2007) 10.b3 cxd4 11.exd4 Be7 (11...Bd6 12.Bb2 Qb8 13.Qe2 0-0 14.Rfe1 Bb7 15.Ne5 Rc8

16.Na4 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Ne4 18.Qe3 Bc6

19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.Qxc5

Bd5 22.Qd4 a5 23.Rac1 Qb5 24.h3 h6

25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Rc1 Ra8 27.Qc5

Qe2 28.Qc2 Qxc2 29.Rxc2 a4 30.bxa4

Bxa2 31.Rc3 Rxa4 32.Ra3 Rxa3

33.Bxa3 f5 34.exf6 gxf6 35.Bc1 Kg7

36.f3 1/2–1/2 (36) Huzman Alexander

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(ISR) (2577)-Bacrot Etienne (FRA) (2729) Saint Vincent (Italy) 2005) 12.Bf4 0–0 13.Na4 Qa7 14.Rc1 Bb7 15.b4 Rfc8 16.Nc5 Qb6 17.a4 Bxc5 18.bxc5 Qa5 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Nd7 21.Bd6 Bc6 22.Bc2 Qb4 23.Rb1 Qc4 24.Qd2 g6 1–0 (24) Gelfand,B (2756)-Feller,S (2570) Ohrid MKD 2009]

7.Qc2 [Diagram

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] [7.b4 b6 (7...g6 8.Bb2 Bg7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Qc7 11.Na4 Ne4 12.Ne1 e5

13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.f3 Nf6 15.Nb6 Rb8

16.Bd4 Re8 17.Qd2 Ned7 18.Nd3 Nxb6

19.cxb6 Qe7 20.Nc5 Nh5 21.Rfe1 Qd8

22.Bf1 Bxd4 23.exd4 Be6 24.Re5 Ng7

25.Na4 Qd7 26.Rae1 c5 27.Nxc5 Qc6

28.b5 Qxb6 29.bxa6 bxa6 30.Nxa6

Rbc8 31.Qb4 Qa7 32.a4 Nf5 33.Rd1

Re7 34.a5 Rb7 35.Qd2 Re7 36.g4 Nd6

37.Nc5 Rxc5 38.dxc5 Qxc5+ 39.Kg2

Qa3 40.Re3 Qa4 41.a6 Re8 42.Qd4

Nc4 43.Bxc4 dxc4 44.a7 1–0 (44) Bologan,V (2679)-Grischuk,A (2719) Poikovsky RUS 2004) 8.Bb2 a5 9.a3 Be7 10.Bd3 0–0 11.0–0 (11.Qc2 Qc7 12.0-0 Ba6 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.Rfc1 Qb7

15.Rab1 axb4 16.axb4 Rfa8 17.h3 Bd8

18.Nd2 b5 19.f4 Bc7 20.Nf3 Nf8 21.Rf1

N6d7 22.Rbe1 Re8 23.g4 Bb8 24.Re2

Qc8 25.Rg2 Qd8 26.h4 f6 27.g5 Ng6

28.h5 Ne7 29.Nh4 f5 30.Nf3 Qc8

31.Qb3 Nf8 32.Kf2 Qb7 33.Rgg1 Bc7

34.Ra1 Rea8 35.Rxa6 Rxa6 36.Qc2

Qc8 37.Nd2 Qe8 38.Qd1 Nd7 39.Qe2

Nb8 40.Rh1 Ra8 41.Qd1 Na6 42.Qb3

Qc8 43.h6 g6 44.Ra1 1/2–1/2 (44) Onischuk,A (2699)-Motylev,A (2704) Poikovsky RUS 2010) 11...Qc7 12.Qe2 axb4 13.axb4 Bb7 14.h3 bxc5 15.bxc5 Rxa1 16.Rxa1 Ra8 17.Qd1 Rxa1 18.Qxa1 h6 19.Qa4 Bd8 20.Na2 Qa5 21.Qxa5 Bxa5 22.Bc3 Bc7 23.Nd2 Kf8 24.Nb3 Ke7 25.Ba5 Kd8 26.Nb4 Nb8 27.Kf1 Bxa5 28.Nxa5 Kc7 29.Ke2 Bc8 30.Nb3 Ng8 31.f3 Ne7 32.e4 dxe4 33.fxe4 Nd7 34.Ke3 Bb7 35.Bc4 Nf6 36.Nd2 Nd7 37.Ba2 Kd8 38.Nc4 Nc8 39.Bb3 Kc7 40.e5 f6 41.Nd3 Ba6 42.Nf4 Nf8 43.Nd6 Kd7 44.Nh5 fxe5 45.dxe5 Ne7 46.g3 g5 47.Nf6+ Kc7 48.Nf7 Bf1 49.Nxh6 Bxh3 50.Ne4 g4 51.Kd4 Bg2 52.Nf6 Bd5 53.Bd1 Bf3 54.Bc2 Kd8 55.Ne4 Nd5 56.Nf2 Ne7 57.Bd3 Kc7 58.Be4 Bxe4 59.Kxe4 Nd7 60.Nd3 Nd5 61.Nxg4 Kd8 62.Nh2 Nc3+ 63.Ke3 Nd5+ 64.Kd4 Ne7 65.Ke4 Ng6 66.Nf3 Ke7 67.Nd4 Nb8 68.Kf3 Kf7 69.Kg4 Ne7 70.Kh5 Nf5 71.Ne2 Ne3 72.g4 Nd5 73.g5 Nd7 74.g6+ Kg7 75.Kg5 Kg8 76.Nef4 Nxf4 77.Kxf4 Kf8 78.Kg4 Kg8 79.Kh5 Kh8 80.Kh6 Kg8 81.Kg5 Kg7 82.Nf4 Nxe5 83.Nxe6+ Kg8 84.Kf6 Nd7+ 85.Kf5 Kh8 86.Kg5 Kg8 87.Kh6 Ne5 88.Nd4 Ng4+ 89.Kg5 Ne5 90.Nf5 Kh8 91.Kf6 Ng4+ 92.Ke6 Kg8 93.Ne7+ Kg7 94.Nxc6 1–0 (94) Aronian,L (2754)-Akopian,V (2696) Nalchik RUS 2009; 7.Bd3 e5 8.dxe5 Ng4 9.Na4 Ngxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.0–0 Bg4 12.f3 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Be6 14.Bd2 Be7 15.Bc3 0–0 16.Nb6 Rb8 17.b4 Bf6 18.Bd4 Re8 19.Rae1 g6 20.Qc3 Kg7 21.a3 h5 22.Rd1 Bxd4 23.Qxd4+ Qf6 24.Rfe1 Rbd8 25.Kf2 h4 26.Rd2 g5 27.Red1 Rb8 28.Na4

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Bf5 29.Qxf6+ Kxf6 30.Nc3 Re6 31.Re1 Rbe8 32.h3 Bg6 33.Na2 Kg7 34.Nc1 f5 35.Rde2 g4 36.hxg4 fxg4 37.fxg4 Re4 38.Rd2 Rxg4 39.Ne2 Be4 40.Nf4 Kf6 41.Rh1 Ke5 42.Rh3 Reg8 43.Rh2 Rf8 44.Kg1 Rfg8 45.Rf2 Rg3 46.Rxh4 Rxe3 47.Rh5+ Kd4 48.Ne6+ Kc4 49.Ng5 Bg6 50.Rh4+ Kb3 51.Nf3 Kxa3 52.Nd4 Rc3 53.Rg4 Rc1+ 54.Kh2 Rh8+ 55.Kg3 Be4 56.Rg7 Rc3+ 57.Kg4 Rc4 58.Rd2 Kxb4 59.Kf4 Kxc5 60.Nb3+ Kb4 61.Nd4 Rh7 62.Rxh7 Bxh7 63.Ke3 b5 64.Rb2+ Kc5 65.Ne6+ Kb6 66.Ng5 Bg6 0–1 (66) Li Shilong (2557)-Wang Hao (2696) Beijing CHN 2009]

7...b6 [7...e5 8.dxe5 Ng4 9.e6 (9.Na4 Ngxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Bd2 Be7

12.Nb6 Rb8 13.Ba5 Bf6 14.Be2 Qe7

15.0-0 0-0 16.Rad1 Re8 17.Rfe1 g6

18.Nxc8 Rbxc8 19.b3 Bg7 20.a4 Nd7

21.Rc1 Bf8 22.b4 Nf6 23.Bd3 Qe5

24.h3 Qg5 25.Qb3 Nd7 26.Be2 h5

27.Red1 Re6 28.Rc2 Qe7 29.Bf1 h4

30.Be2 Re8 31.Qb1 f5 32.b5 axb5

33.axb5 Qg5 1/2–1/2 (33) Koneru,H (2589)-Zhu Chen (2472) Caleta ENG 2012) 9...fxe6 10.Bd3 Ngf6 11.Ng5 Nxc5 12.Bxh7 Nxh7 13.Qg6+ Kd7 14.Nf7 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Nxh8 Kc7 17.Nf7 Bd7 18.Ne5 Be8 19.Qc2 Bd6 20.Ne2 Ne4 21.Nf4 Qf5 22.Ned3 e5 23.Nxd5+ Kd8 24.Nb6 Rb8 25.Nc4 Nhg5 26.Bd2 Nf3+ 27.Kd1 Bg6 28.Nxd6 Nxd6 29.Nb4 Qg4 30.Kc1 Bxc2 31.Nxc2 Nxd2 32.Kxd2 Qf3 33.Rhf1 Kc7 34.Ne1 Qd5+ 35.Kc2 Qc4+ 0–1 (35) Radjabov,T (2650)-Grischuk,A (2732) Bastia FRA 2003]

8.cxb6 [Diagram

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] 8...Nxb6 [Llega la novedad de Anand lo conocido era] [8...Qxb6 9.Na4 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Rb8 11. Na4 Qa7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Ne5 ... 1–0, Kopicka Karel (CZE) - Volek Radomir (CZE), Czech League 2007/08, 2008 9...Qc7 10.Bd2 Be7 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.Bd3 a5 13.0–0 0–0 14.Rfd1 Rfc8 15.a3 Ba6 16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.Qd3 Qb7 18.Rc2 Raa8 19.Rdc1 Ne4 20.Be1 f5 21.Nd2 c5 22.f3 c4 23.Qe2 Nxd2 24.Bxd2 Nf6 25.Nc3 Qb8 26.g3 Qb6 27.Nd1 e5 28.Bc3 Re8 29.Qd2 f4 30.dxe5 fxe3 31.Nxe3 Bc5 32.Re1 d4 33.exf6 d3 34.Kg2 Bxe3 0–1 (40) Loiret,S-Grabarczyk,M (2435) Cappelle la Grande 1994] 9.Bd2 c5 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd6 12.Bg5 0-0 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bh4 [Diagram

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] [14.h4!? Grischuk que comentaba la partida en la web hizo el comentario que esta jugada era similar a tener en el Poker AK (Anna Kournikova) que prometía mucho pero nunca ganaba nada, cuando la heces con blancas parace muy buena pero luego no sacas nada. 14...Bb7! (14...hxg5 15.hxg5 g6 16.gxf6 (16.Bxg6 Ne8) 16...Qxf6�) 15.Bh7+ (15.Bxf6 Qxf6=) 15...Kh8 16.Bd3 Nc4µ]

14...Bb7 15.0-0 Qb8!? [Jugada interesante de Anand para desequilibar un poco la posición, parecía que daba la igualdad la jugada]

[15...Bf4! 16.Rce1 Rc8 17.Ne5 Qc7 (17...Bxe5 18.dxe5 g5 19.exf6 gxh4?)

18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Ng4 Kg7=]

16.Bg3 [16.Bxf6! gxf6 17.Ne2 f5 18.Ng3 Nd7 19.Nh5 Qd8 20.Qe2� y las blancas están un poco mejor.]

16...Rc8 17.Qe2 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Qd6 [La posición está igualada pero todavía con posibilidades para ambos jugadores.]

19.Rc2 Nbd7 20.Rfc1 Rab8 21.Na4 Ne4 [Igualaba más fácil 21...Rxc2! 22.Rxc2 Bc6 23.Nc5 Bb5 24.Bxb5 axb5 25.Ne5 Nxc5 26.dxc5 Qa6 27.b4 Qa4 28.Nc6 Re8=]

22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Qc2 [23.Qe3�]

23...g5? [Jugada mala de Anand que peca de optimista, si bien tras]

[23...Ndf6 24.Ne5� las blancas están un poco mejor gracias a su dominio de la columna c.]

24.Qc7! [Diagram

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]

24...Qxc7 [24...Kg7�]

25.Rxc7 f6? [25...Nef6 26.Nc5 Ra8 27.b4�]

26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Nd23 f5 28.Nc4 Nf6

29.Nc5 [Diagram

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Gelfand tiene clara ventaja con total dominio de la posición y las negras tiene un problema con su alfil de c8 que no tiene

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casillas.]

29...Nd5 30.Ra7 Nb4 [30...Kf8±]

31.Ne5 [31.Nd6+–]

31...Nc2 [31...Nd5]

32.Nc6+- Rxb2 33.Rc7 [Diagram

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Finalmente cae el alfil de c8.]

33...Rb1+ 34.Kh2 e3 35.Rxc8+ Kh7

36.Rc7+ Kh8 37.Ne5 [37.Nd7 Kg7 38.Nde5+ Kh8 39.Ng6+ Kg8 40.Nce7+ Kf7 41.Ne5+ Kf8 42.N7g6+ Kg8 43.Rf7 y mate en pocas.]

37...e2 [37...Nxd4 38.fxe3 Nb5 39.Rd7+–]

38.Nxe6 [Las negras abandonaron ya que no puden evitar el mate sin grandes perdidas materiales. 38.Nxe6 Rh1+ 39.Kxh1 e1Q+ 40.Kh2 Qxe5 41.dxe5+–]

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Gelfand,Boris (2727) −

Anand,Viswanathan (2791) [D45]WCh Moscow (7), 20.05.2012[Garcia,Leontxo,Taner,Harun]

[Guélfand ganó -por primera vez desde 1993– a un Anand desdibujado, y domina por 4–3. Vapuleo total:]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5! [(Guélfand elige por fin la vía lógica para aprovechar la debilidad en b6; las negras deben romper rápido en b6 o e5 para no quedar atadas)]

6...Nbd7 7.Qc2 b6 8.cxb6 Nxb6 9.Bd2 c5 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd6 12.Bg5 0-0 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bh4 Bb7 15.0-0 Qb8 16.Bg3 Rc8 17.Qe2 Bxg3 18.hxg3

Qd6! [(es importante poder atacar la debilidad en d4 con Db4; las blancas tienen una ligera ventaja por la mayoría de peones el flanco alejado de los reyes y el peón débil en a6; no es fácil que las negras puedan contraatacar en el ala de rey)]

19.Rc2! [(evita el contra juego: si 19.Ne5 Qb4! 20.Qd2 Nc4 , y las negras están bien)]

19...Nbd7 20.Rfc1 Rab8!? [(es importante que las negras conserven al menos una torre para molestar; si desaparecen las cuatro y las damas, las blancas jugarían b4–Ca4–Cc5, con clara ventaja)]

21.Na4 Ne4? [(es difícil entender por qué Anand rechazó la maniobra 21...Rxc2 22.Rxc2 (-o bien 22.Qxc2 Rc8 23.Nc5 a5 24.Qb3 Ba6! , sin problemas-) 22...Bc6 23.Nc5 Bb5! , con alivio para las negras)]

22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 [Diagram

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] 23.Qc2! [(si 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Qxe4 Bb7 25.Qe3 Bc6 26.b3 Bxa4 27.bxa4 Qb4 , sin problemas); Kárpov sugirió aquí 23.Qe1! , para Da5)] 23...g5?! [(Anand se ve mal y complica; si] [23...Bb7 24.Nc5 Rc8 25.b4 , y las blancas dominan)] 24.Qc7 Qxc7 25.Rxc7 f6 26.Bxe4! dxe4 27.Nd2 f5

28.Nc4 [(total dominio blanco; se amenaza Cd6)] 28...Nf6 29.Nc5 Nd5 30.Ra7 Nb4 31.Ne5 Nc2!? [(si 31...Nxa2? 32.Nc6 , para Ce7+; Anand elige una forma mejor de entregar el alfil, pero insuficiente)] 32.Nc6 Rxb2 33.Rc7 Rb1+ 34.Kh2 e3

35.Rxc8+ Kh7 36.Rc7+ Kh8 [

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] 37.Ne5! [(era aún mejor 37.Nd7!! exf2

38.Nf6 y mate inevitable; por el contrario, sería un gran error; 37.fxe3? por 37...Nxe3 38.Ne5 Nf1+ 39.Kg1 (-si 39.Kh3 Ne3! -) 39...Nxg3+ 40.Kf2 f4 , y aún hay lucha)]

37...e2 38.Nxe6 [, y Anand se rindió en vista de]

[38.Nxe6! Rh1+ 39.Kxh1 e1Q+ 40.Kh2 , y habría que entregar la dama para evitar Cg6+ y Tg7 mate.]

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Gelfand,Boris (2727) − Anand,Viswanathan (2791) [D45]WCh Moscow (7), 20.05.2012[Chess Tigers,Taner,Harun]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 [Ein neuer Zug in diesem Match. Bisher spielte Gelfand 6.b3 und 6.Dc2. Aufgrund der Struktur tippte Co-Kommentator GM Peter Leko auf eine lange Positionspartie.]

6...Nbd7 7.Qc2 b6 [Diagram

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Auf Top-Niveau wurde dieser Zug bisher

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noch nicht versucht.]

[7...e5 stellt (bisher) den Hauptzug dar. z. B. 8.dxe5 Ng4 9.e6 fxe6 10.Bd3 Ngf6 11.Ng5 Nxc5 12.Bxh7 Nxh7 13.Qg6+ Kd7 14.Nf7 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Nxh8 Kc7 17.Nf7 Bd7 18.Ne5 Be8 19.Qc2 Bd6 20.Ne2 Ne4 21.Nf4 Qf5 22.Ned3 e5 23.Nxd5+ Kd8 24.Nb6 Rb8 25.Nc4 Nhg5 26.Bd2 Nf3+ 27.Kd1 Bg6 28.Nxd6 Nxd6 29.Nb4 Qg4 30.Kc1 Bxc2 31.Nxc2 Nxd2 32.Kxd2 Qf3 33.Rhf1 Kc7 34.Ne1 Qd5+ 35.Kc2 Qc4+ 0–1 (35) Radjabov (2650) - Grischuk (2732), Bastia 2003]

8.cxb6 Nxb6N [Bereits eine Neuerung. In den wenigen Vorgängerpartien wurde nur 8...Dxb6 oder 8...c5 versucht.]

9.Bd2 c5 10.Rc1 [Vielleicht nicht nur für Leko eine Überraschung.]

[Der ungarische Top-GM hatte eher mit 10.dxc5 Bxc5 gerechnet. 11.Nb5 könnte mal eine Idee sein, wobei hier wohl 11...Ne4! folgen würde, wonach der Läufer gedeckt wäre. Will Weiß seinen letzten Zug nicht zurücknehmen, muss er wohl 12.b4!? versuchen. z. B. 12...axb5 13.bxc5 (13.Bxb5+ Bd7 14.Bxd7+ Nxd7 15.bxc5

Ndxc5 sieht gut aus für Schwarz.) 13...Nc4 14.Bb4 mit sehr komplizierter Lage.]

10...cxd4 [Schwarz musste eine Entscheidung mit dem c-Bauer treffen.]

[Falls 10...Be7? , folgt nämlich 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nxd5 , und schwupps da ist der Bauer weg.]

11.exd4 Bd6 [Diagram

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Hatte Anand bisher etwas mehr Zeit als sonst in die Eröffnung investiert, war es nun an Gelfand, in längeres Nachdenken zu versinken.]

12.Bg5 0-0 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bh4 [14.h4?! sieht nett aus, bringt aber nichts, weil Schwarz natürlich nicht auf g5 schlagen wird und dann die weiße Struktur am Königsflügel geschwächt ist.] 14...Bb7 15.0-0 [Der Punkt e5 könnte eine entscheidende Rolle spielen. Gelingt es Weiß, dort (dauerhaft) einen Springer zu postieren, steht er gut.]

[15.Bxf6?! Qxf6 16.Qb3 gewinnt mitnichten eine Figur. 16...Qd8 , und Schwarz erfreut sich am Läuferpaar.; 15.Qe2!? mit der "Einnistung" Se5 gefiel Klaus Bischoff gut. Eventuell könnte man so auch die "Matt-Batterie" auf der Diagonalen b1–h7 aufbauen.; 15.Qb3 mit der Idee 15...Rb8 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Bb1? nebst Dc2 ist nicht sehr zu empfehlen. Schwarz spielt wohl 17...e5 und kann so nicht nur aller Mattdrohungen Herr werden, sondern seinerseits einen starken Angriff aufbauen.]

15...Qb8!? [Diagram

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Der Weltmeister gießt Öl ins Feuer! Die Dame schielt nicht nur nach h2, sondern will auch e5 überdecken. Dafür erlaubt es natürlich das Schlagen auf f6...]

[Eine andere Idee war, mit 15...Bf4 den Turm von der c-Linie zu vertreiben.]

16.Bg3 [Gelfand traut dem Braten nicht und spielt lieber prinzipiell auf den Abtausch des schwarzfeldrigen Läufers.]

[16.Bxf6!? gxf6 17.Ne2 Rc8 18.Qd2 Bf8 hätte Weiß möglicherweise gute Angriffschancen versprochen. Zumindest gefiel das den emotionslosen Engines und damit dem Gros der Kiebitze. Die Großmeister Leko und Bischoff waren sich indes gar nicht so sicher, ob Weiß viel gehabt hätte.]

16...Rc8 17.Qe2 [17.Ne5 Ne4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Qe2 f5 ist nicht sonderlich gefährlich für Schwarz.]

17...Bxg3 18.hxg3 [Auch 18.fxg3!? , um die f-Linie für den Turm zu öffnen, hatte seine Berechtigung gehabt.]

18...Qd6 19.Rc2 Nbd7 20.Rfc1 [Ohne Zweifel steht Weiß hier besser. Der "unechte" Isolanie auf d4 kontrolliert mit e5 und c5 wichtige Felder, während der schwarze Läufer auf b7 nicht gerade eine Pracht ist. Letztlich wird genau diese Tatsache dem Schwarzen die Partie kosten.]

20...Rab8 [Gelfand schlug in der Pressekonferenz 20...Re8 vor, um eventuell mit e5 Linien zu öffnen.]

21.Na4 [Erst 21.a3 war der Favorit von Bischoff, in der Hoffnung, mit Sa4 und b4 einen Springer auf c5 zementieren zu können.; 21.Ne5 Qb4 22.Qe3 Nxe5 23.Qxe5 Nd7 hätte die Stellung zu sehr vereinfacht.]

21...Ne4 [Hier war unser deutscher Kommentator sehr überrascht, dass Anand auf den Tausch eines Turmes verzichtete.]

[21...Rxc2 22.Rxc2 (22.Qxc2!? leitet ein "witziges" Damenopfer ein, welches nach 22...Rc8 23.Qxc8+!? Bxc8 24.Rxc8+

Nf8 25.Nc5 halbwegs funktioniert für Weiß, aber Vorteil dürfte Weiß hier kaum haben.) 22...Bc6 23.Nc5 Bb5 24.Bxb5 axb5 sollte halbwegs ausgeglichen sein.]

22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Qc2 g5? [Dieser Vorstoß wurde allenthalben getadelt und dürfte auch dem Weltmeister nicht leicht von der Hand gegangen sein. Sein Kommentar zu diesem Zug: "In einer schlechten Stellung ist jeder Zug schlecht."]

24.Qc7! [Diagram

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Jetzt ist Schwarz in ernsthaften Schwierigkeiten, da er dem Damentausch kaum ausweichen kann und dann die weißen Figuren den Damenflügel dominieren.]

24...Qxc7 25.Rxc7 f6? [Das führt wohl endgültig in eine Verluststellung für Schwarz.] [25...Nef6 war wohl eine bessere Möglichkeit, wenngleich Weiß nach 26.Nc5 auch sehr gut steht.] 26.Bxe4 [26.Bxa6?? Bxa6 27.Rxd7 Bb5 28.Ra7 Bxa4 29.Rxa4 Rxb2 wäre natürlich ein kapitaler Bock gewesen.] 26...dxe4 27.Nd2 f5 28.Nc4 Nf6 29.Nc5+- [Diagram

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Der Läufer auf c8 ist nicht mehr zu halten.]

29...Nd5 30.Ra7 Nb4 31.Ne5 Nc2

32.Nc6 Rxb2 [Schwarz versucht noch einen letzten Gegenangriff.]

33.Rc7 Rb1+ 34.Kh2 e3 35.Rxc8+ Kh7 [Der blanke König hat natürlich keine Chance gegen den Turm und die Springer.]

36.Rc7+ Kh8 37.Ne5 [Weiß kann sich sogar erlauben, den e-Bauer laufen zu lassen.]

37...e2 [37...exf2 38.Nxe6 f1N+ 39.Kh3 g4+ 40.Kh4+–]

38.Nxe6 [Diagram

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Anand,Viswanathan (2799) − Gelfand,Boris (2739) [E60]WCh Moscow (8), 21.05.2012[H2Aq,Taner,Harun]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 [3...d5 Anand - Gelfand (2012, game 3)]

4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Ne2 0-0 7.Nec3 [

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] [7.Nbc3 e6 8.Ng3 a6 9.a4 h5 10.Bg5 exd5 11.cxd5 Qc7 12.Qd2 Nbd7 13.Be2 Rb8 14.0–0 c4 15.Be3 h4 16.Nh1 h3 17.Nf2 hxg2 18.Kxg2 Nh5 19.f4 Nhf6 20.Bf3 Re8 21.a5 Qd8 22.Ne2 Nh7 23.Ng3 b6 24.axb6 Nxb6 25.Bd4 Bxd4 26.Qxd4 Qf6 27.Ne2 Qxd4 28.Nxd4 Bb7 29.Ra3 Nf6 30.Nc6 Rbc8 31.Na5 Ba8 32.Nc6 Bb7 33.Na5 Ba8 ½–½ (33) Anand,V (2811)-Nakamura,H (2758) Moscow RUS 2011]

7...Nh5 [Novelty]

[7...Na6 8.Be2 Nc7 9.Be3 a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.0–0 Bd7 12.Na3 Nfe8 13.Qd2 e6 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Rxb6 16.Rfb1 Qb8 17.Ra2 Rb4 18.Bg5 f5 19.exf5 Rxf5 20.Bd3 Rf7 21.dxe6 Nxe6 22.Nd5 Nxg5 23.Qxg5 Nf6 24.Nc2 Rb3 25.Nxf6+ Bxf6 26.Qd5 Rxd3 27.Qxd3 Bf5 28.Qd5 Bxc2 29.Rxa6 Kg7 30.Re1 Qb4 31.Re8 Bd4+ 32.Kh1 Qxb2 33.h4 Qc1+ 34.Kh2 Qf4+ 35.Kh3 Bf5+ 36.g4 Bd3 37.Kg2 Qd2+ 38.Kg3 0–1 (38) Laznicka,Viktor (2596)-Polzin,Rainer (2480) Bundesliga 2006/07 Germany 2007; 7...e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Nh5 11.0–0 Bd4+ 12.Kh1 f5 13.f4 Ng7 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Nc4 Nb6 16.Nd2 Nd7 17.Nc4 Nb6 18.Nd2 Nd7 ½–½ (18) Vousatej,R (2698)-Phil Harris2,R (2831) 3m + 0s, rated 2008]

8.Bg5 [Diagram

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] [8.g4 Nf6 9.Be3 Na6 10.Nd2 (10.Be2 Nd7 11.0-0 Nb6 12.Kg2 Bd7 13.a4 Nc8

14.a5 Nb4 15.f4 e6 16.dxe6 fxe6

17.Na3 a6 18.Nc2 Nc6 19.f5 Nxa5

20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Rxf8+ Kxf8 22.h4 Ke8

23.h5 gxh5 24.gxh5 Bc6 25.Bd3 Nb3

26.Ra3 Nd4 27.Qg4 Qe7 28.h6 Be5

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32.Qxe6+ ½–½ (32) Vousatej,R (2664)-JML26,R (2714) 3m + 0s, rated 2007) 10...Nd7 11.Be2 Bd4 12.Bf2 e5 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.0–0 e5 15.Nb3 Nc7 16.Qd2 a5 17.Rac1 Ne6 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Nd5 Ndc5 20.Qh6 Qg5 21.Qxg5 Nxg5 22.Kg2 Nge6 23.Bh4 Rf7 24.Rcd1 Bd7 25.Be7 Bc6 26.Bxd6 Bxd5 27.Bxe5 Bc6 28.Bxd4 Nxd4 29.Rxd4 Ne6 30.Rd6 Nf4+ 31.Kf2 Raf8 32.Rd4 g5 33.Ke3 Rf6 34.b3 Kf7 35.Rf2 b6 36.Bd1 Ke7 37.a3 h6 38.Rdd2 Ke6 39.Rc2 Ke5 40.c5 b5 41.Rfd2 Ng6 42.Rb2 Nh4 43.Rf2 Rd8 44.Rbd2 Ra8 45.Ra2 Rf4 46.Rad2 Raf8 47.b4 a4 48.h3 R4f6 49.Rb2 Rd8 50.Rfd2 Rff8 51.Be2 Ng2+ 52.Kf2 Nf4 53.Bf1 Ne6 54.Ke3 Bxe4 55.fxe4 Rxf1 56.Rxd8 Nxd8 57.Rd2 Nf7 58.Rd7 Ke6 59.Rb7 Re1+ 60.Kd2 Ra1 61.Rxb5 Rxa3 62.Ra5 Ne5 63.Ra6+ Ke7 64.Ra7+ Kd8 65.b5 Nf3+ 66.Kd1 Nd4 67.b6 Ra1+ 68.Kd2 Nb3+ 69.Kc3 Nxc5 70.Kd4 Nd7 71.Ra8+ Ke7 72.b7 Rb1 73.Ra7 Kd6 74.Rxa4 Ne5 75.Ra8 Rxb7 76.Rh8 Nf7 77.Rf8 Ra7 78.Ke3 Ra3+ 79.Kd4 Ra4+ 80.Ke3 Ke7 81.Rb8 Nd6 82.e5 Re4+ 83.Kd2 Rxe5 84.Rh8 Rd5+ 85.Ke3 Nf7 86.Ra8 Rb5 87.Ra3 Ke6 88.Kd4 Rd5+ 89.Ke4 Nd6+ 90.Kf3 Rd1 91.Ra5 Rf1+ 92.Kg2 Rf6 93.Kg1 Ne4 94.Rb5 Rf3 95.Kg2 Rf2+ 96.Kg1 Ra2 97.Rf5 h5 98.Rf3 h4 99.Rf8 Kd5 100.Rf7 Kd4 101.Rf3 Nc5 102.Rf5 Ne6 103.Rb5 Nf4 104.Rb3 Rg2+ 105.Kf1 Rh2 106.Rb4+ Kc3 107.Ra4 Rxh3 108.Kf2 Nd3+ 109.Kf1 Rf3+ 110.Kg1 Rg3+ 111.Kh2 Kb3 112.Ra8 Rxg4 113.Rb8+ Kc4 114.Rc8+ Kd5 115.Ra8 Ne5 116.Kh1 Nf3 117.Ra5+ Ke6 118.Ra6+ Ke5 119.Ra5+ Kf4 0–1 (119) Vousatej,R (2746)-RJS,R (2625) 3m + 0s, rated 2008]

8...Bf6 9.Bxf6 exf6 [Diagram

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] 10.Qd2 [10.g4 Ng7 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.Nd2 Re8 13.0–0–0 f5 14.h3 fxe4 15.fxe4 a6 16.Qe3 Ne5 17.Nf3 Houdini Aquarium (0:05:49) +0.16|d26]

10...f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.g4 [Diagram

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12...Re8+ [12...Bxb1 13.Rxb1 Ng7 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.0–0 Ne5 16.Be2 f5 17.gxf5 Nxf5 18.f4 Nf7 19.Rbe1 Qh4 20.Nb5 Houdini Aquarium (0:05:46) +0.00|d26]

13.Kd1 Bxb1 14.Rxb1 [Diagram

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] 14...Qf6 [?]

[14...Ng7 15.Kc2 Nd7 16.Be2 Qh4 17.Nb5 Qe7 18.Rbe1 Rad8 19.Bd3 Qf8 20.f4 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 a6 22.Nc3 +0.28|d26]

15.gxh5 [White is better]

15...Qxf3+ 16.Kc2 Qxh1 17.Qf2 [

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1-0

Anand,Viswanathan (2799) − Gelfand,Boris (2739) [E60]WCh Moscow (8), 21.05.2012[Pein,Malcolm,Taner,Harun]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 [3...d5 Game 3 where Boris nearly lost. Now we have a Benoni]

4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Ne2 0-0 7.Nec3 [D

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7...Nh5 [A move to make the opponent fall off his chair. The first time I saw this sort of move was in 1985 when John Nunn brilliant outplayed Alexander Belyavsky. However that was after White had played h3?! preparing to kick a Ne5 with f2–f4. It probably inspired to me to play a random Nh5 against Glenn Flear at Brussels and then against Max Dlugy at London Peace 1986 in different variations of the King's Indian Saemisch. The general point is White is developing very slowly so Black might

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seek counter-play very fast. Also my idea at the time was that after g4 Nf6 White has some difficulties with his king as 0–0–0 was not practical. I guess that applies here because White is far away from 0–0–0 However Vishy comes up with an imaginative solution.] [7...e6 Sadler-Tkachiev 1999 8.Be3 Na6 9.Be2 Nc7 10.a4 Nfe8 11.Qd2 f5 12.0–0 Nf6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxc5 Rf7 15.dxe6 Nxe6 16.Qxd8+ Nxd8 17.Nb5 Nc6 18.N1c3 Be6 19.Bf2 Bf8 20.Rad1 a6 21.Na3 Nd4 22.Rfe1 Rc8 23.Bd3 Nc6 24.Nc2 Rd7 25.Bb6 Be7 26.Bf1 Kf7 27.b3 Bd8 28.Rxd7+ Nxd7 29.Bxd8 Rxd8 30.b4 a5 31.Rb1 Nxb4 32.Nxb4 axb4 33.Rxb4 Nc5 34.Rb5 Rc8 35.Rb6 Bd7 36.a5 Ra8 37.Nd5 Rxa5 38.Nf6 Bc6 39.Nxh7 Ra1 40.Kf2 Ra2+ 41.Ke1 e4 42.Ng5+ Kf6 43.f4 Ke7 44.Rb1 Nd3+ 0–1 (44) Sadler,M (2667)-Tkachiev,V (2634) Enghien les Bains 1999] 8.Bg5 [8.g4 Nf6 Where is white to put his king? he is certainly four or five moves from castling queenside] 8...Bf6!? [Boris had evidently decided Vishy was potentially vulnerable] [8...h6 9.Be3 e6 10.Qd2 exd5 11.Nxd5 Nc6 12.Nbc3�; 8...f6!? 9.Be3 f5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.g4?! Bxb1 12.Rxb1 Nf4 With counter-play for Black] 9.Bxf6 exf6 10.Qd2 [

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Black to take with the g6 pawn after f5 so I guess he should play it now and he does]

10...f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 [11...Qh4+ 12.Kd1 Bxf5 13.g4 Bxb1 14.Rxb1 Ng7 15.Kc2 f5 Is very hard to evaluate the computer's 0.00 is irrelevant to a real game, it's sharp and unclear]

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Losing by force. Boris had only considered 17.Qf4 below which had been Vishy's first thought before he saw Qf2]

[14...Nf6 15.Kc2 Na6 16.a3 Nc7 17.h4 Feels comfortable for White but he has to watch out for a quick b5; 14...Nf6 15.Kc2 Nbd7 16.Be2 And given that Black cannot establish a knight on e5 as f4 comes White should be somewhat better as he can play h4–h5]

15.gxh5 [15.Kc2 Nf4 16.Ne4 Rxe4 17.fxe4 Nd7 Was considered by the commentators 18.Rg1 g5 19.h4 h6]

15...Qxf3+ 16.Kc2 Qxh1 17.Qf2 [D

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The queen will be trapped after Bd3] [17.Qf4 Qg1!; 17.Qf2 Nc6 Computer Is the only way to carry on 18.dxc6 Qxc6 19.Bg2 Qd7 20.Nd5 Kf8 (20...Qa4+ 21.b3 Qxa2+ 22.Rb2 Qa5 23.Nf6+ Kf8 ) 21.Nf6] 1-0

Anand,Viswanathan (2791) − Gelfand,Boris (2727) [E60]WCh Moscow (8), 21.05.2012[Chess Evolution,Taner,Harun]

1.d4 [As it was expectable, Anand will rather try to break the Gruenfeld, than the Sveshnikov after 1.e4.] 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 [Just as in the 3rd game, where Anand had serious chance to score, he plays 3.f3.] 3...c5 [Diagram

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And Gelfand deviates from the 3...d5 line. It is a bit strange, because it seemed, that he was much better prepared in that game, only later he went wrong in the complications, but his position was fine.]

4.d5 d6 5.e4 [We transposed now to the Saemisch variation of the King's Indian defense. I think, it was rather a psychological decision from Gelfand, since Anand usually plays systems with Nf3 against this opening, what he cannot do anymore in the 3.f3 move order. An important reason of the decision could be, that Gelfand played hundreds of games for the King's Indian in the 80s, 90s while Anand does not have such a huge experience.]

5...Bg7 6.Ne2 0-0 7.Nec3!? [Diagram

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knight develops to d2.]

7...Nh5 [A novelty, right in the 7th move. I doubt, if it was a prepared one. However it might be just a transposition to the 7...e6 line, as itt will be explained there.]

[7...e6 is the way how the game usually develops 8.Bg5 it is useful the provoke the weakening with h6. White can make us of it in the future. There is a direct point as well, that the normal placement of the White queen is on d2, which could come now with a tempo. 8...h6 9.Be3 exd5 10.cxd5 a6 11.a4 this is the standard pawn structure of the Saemisch. White's could make use of the idea having the knight on b1 and not on g3, he can transfer it easily to c4, which is definitely the ideal square of it. On the other hand Black's main plan is connected with the f5 break, lets say after Nh5. The position is really complex, playable for both sides without any special theory and this was exactly what Anand was needed for equalizing a match.]

8.Bg5 [Trying to provoke the h6 weakening.]

[8.g4!? is an alternative and probably a strong move, but on the other hand a committing one, since it requires very concrete play, complete concentration and big self-confident. After yesterday's terrible loss, Anand did not want to risk this. 8...Nf6 9.Be3 e6 10.Nd2 just continuing the game with a huge space advantage. White develops calmly with Be2 and 0–0.]

8...Bf6!? [Diagram

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A very interesting idea! It might seem unnatural, but actually it fits very well to the King's Indian strategy! Black would like to exchange the bishops, which would create many holes in White's camp. All the White pawns are standing on light color, so the dark squared bishop has much bigger value, than the one on f1!]

[8...h6 9.Be3 e6 would transpose to the standard Saemisch. (9...e5 could be an extra option for the quick Nh5, to initiate a quick attack with f5, but it seems like White is ready to oppose it with 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.Na3 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.0-0-0 when a pawn sacrifice with g4 could lead to dangerous attack.) ]

9.Bxf6! [An amazing strong move, which is completely against the principles. In normal case White should hold his important bishop, but as we know, chess is a concrete game!]

[9.Bh6 Bg7 10.Be3 would have been the positional reaction.]

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Gelfand knows very well, what he is doing. He would like to play f5! and occupying all the Black squares after Qf6, Nd7–e5 and Nf4. Of course, White cannot allow this, he must take concrete measures.]

[On 9...Nxf6 10.Qd2 e5 the idea would be the same to play on the dark squares with Nh5, but White has the very strong 11.dxe6! Bxe6 12.Na3 Nc6 13.Be2 followed by 0–0 and pressure against the weak d6 pawn. Nd4 can be easily neutralized by Nc2. White has a huge advantage here.]

10.Qd2 [Anand already knew, what he is going to do, but this was a mistake.]

[10.g4! was the correct, forcing to retreat the knight to g7, where it becomes completely misplaced 10...Ng7 (10...Nf4 does not work, because of 11.Qd2! Black has problems with the knight and g5 is not the way how Black should handle the position.) 11.Qd2! and Black's only counter-play 11...f5 runs into (11...Nd7 12.Na3 followed by 0–0–0) 12.gxf5 Qh4+ 13.Qf2 Qxf2+ 14.Kxf2 gxf5 15.Rg1 with a big advantage!]

10...f5! 11.exf5! [Anand told on the

pressconference, when he played this move, he had already seen the final position of the game, White's winning trick after 14...Qf6?? The key of the whole concept (Qd2, exf5) is connected with the next move.]

11...Bxf5 [11...Qh4+ 12.Kd1! Ng3 meets by 13.Qf2! very important detail. Actually it is a famous motif, we can meet this in many different openings. 13...Nxf5 14.Qxh4 Nxh4 15.Nb5±]

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This was the World Champion's idea! He is forcing Black to give up his bishop and to retreat with his knight to an unfavorable square. On both checks (Qh4 or Re8), he would like to react with Kd1, which seems to be dangerous, but actually the king is completely safe, it will make soon a kind of artificial castling with Kc2.]

12...Re8+? [This move was based on a miscalculation. Gelfand already decided to play 14...Qf6, which falls into Anand's trap.]

[12...Qh4+! would have been the right move, we will soon understand why is it so important... 13.Kd1 Bxb1 14.Rxb1 Ng7 and

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here White does not have the h4–h5 attacking possibility, what he had in the 12...Bxb1 line. The position is really sharp, chances for both sides. White has better pieces and pawn structure, but Black can launch a strong counter-play with f5! (14...Ng3? loses a piece after 15.Qe1!+-) 15.Kc2 Nd7�; 12...Bxb1 13.Rxb1 Ng7 meets by the very strong 14.h4! f5 (on 14...h5 simple 15.Be2 Nd7 16.Kd1 followed by Kc2, connecting the rooks, and White can launch a dangerous attack with for example gxh5 Nxh5 and f4 in a good moment.) 15.h5! White is much faster in the attack 15...fxg4 (15...g5 16.h6! Ne8

17.Rh5! winning the pawn) 16.hxg6 Black can not hold the pressure..]

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A terrible blunder based on miscalculation, but the position was already very bad...]

[14...Nf6 15.Kc2 Nbd7 16.Be2± The advantage of White is much bigger, than it might seem at first sight. White has space advantage, thanks to the d5 pawn, the knights have no future (only the d4 square could be nice for them, but of course they can never get there) and White can do whatever he wants, playing h4–h5 or, g5

and Nh5 f4 in a good moment. If Black exchanges the queens, then the endgame becomes bad for him. All this facts mean, that the game is positionally close to be lost. Maybe he could hope in some desperate counter-play after a pawn sacrifice on the queenside with a6–b5, but of course against Anand, this kind of things are not serious at all...; 14...Ng7 15.Kc2±]

15.gxh5 Qxf3+ 16.Kc2 Qxh1 [A very suspicious position from Black point of view, but White has only one winning move, which was missed by Gelfand and had been foreseen by Anand after 11.exf5!]

17.Qf2!! [Diagram

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After this btle move, the queen is trapped. Bd3 is coming in the next move for example.]

1-0

Anand,Viswanathan (2791) − Gelfand,Boris (2727) [E60]WCh Moscow (8), 21.05.2012[Golubev,Mikhail,Taner,Harun]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 [Diagram

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] 3...c5 [In the 3rd game Gelfand played 3...d5 which is a principled move from the "Gruenfeld" viewpoint. Now, he is going for the Benoni/King's Indian type of positions where he generally has significant experience.; Of course, also possible was 3...Bg7 4.e4 d6 , planning to play ...c5 after 5...0–0.]

4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Ne2 [A clever move.]

6...0-0 [Diagram

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] 7.Nec3!? [Not a new, indeed, but quite a rare plan.]

[In the common lines after 7.Nbc3 e6 the e2 knight often goes to g3 where Black is attacking it by h5, h4.]

7...Nh5!? [Diagram

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A typical King's Indian move which can be excellent or strategically bad depending upon the circumstances. (As someone who lost more than a dozen rated games with an early ...Nf6–h5 move, and won much more, mainly in the King's Indian, I can state it firmly). Here the assessment is not obvious. Black is trying to use the factor that both of White's knights are on the queenside. So Black hopes that White's kingside may become vulnerable.]

[In Sadler-Tkachiev, Enghien les Bains 1999 White was somewhat better in complications after 7...e6 8.Be3 Na6 9.Be2 Nc7 10.a4 Nfe8 11.Qd2 f5 12.0–0 Nf6 13.e5]

8.Bg5!?N [A principal alternative is 8.g4 which must have been anticipated and generally was provoked by Black. Maybe some will consider the following fact to be insignificant, but already for the second time in this match, the move (here 7...Nh5) which was proclaimed a novelty by many

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online annotators, was in fact already played in some computer/centaur game: 8...Nf6 9.Be3 Na6 10.Nd2 Nd7 11.Be2� Bd4!? (0–1, 119) Vousatej/Rybka 2.3.2a mp - RJS/Rybka 2.3.2a mp, 3m blitz 2008... For me, it is an additional proof and argument why the classical chess cannot be as important form of chess as it was before.]

8...Bf6 [Not an obvious move, and not necessarily a good one.]

9.Bxf6 [Diagram

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9...exf6! [After 9...Nxf6 White is certainly somewhat better. In particular, because Black's kingside is weakened]

10.Qd2!? [After 10.g4 Nf4 (10...Ng7 is awkward) 11.Qd2 g5 12.h4! Black is not in time to consolidate his kingside and has to sacrifice a pawn: 12...Kg7 13.hxg5 fxg5 14.Qh2 h5! (14...Rh8? 15.Qh6+ Kg8

16.e5A) 15.gxh5 Nd7 with a playable position.]

10...f5 [Diagram

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] 11.exf5! [It turns that out Black still has a certain problem.]

11...Bxf5 12.g4! [Diagram

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] 12...Re8+ [Possibly, an inaccuracy.]

[Also after 12...Qh4+ White plays 13.Kd1 but then after (Not 13.Qf2?! Re8+ 14.Be2 Qg5!!) 13...Bxb1 14.Rxb1 Ng7 planning ...f5 the black rook is useful on f8.; The program "Houdini" likes most the immediate 12...Bxb1 13.Rxb1 Ng7 which is a bit strange, but maybe it is really the most flexible.]

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13.Kd1! [After 13.Kf2? Nd7! Black has attacking prospects.; The text is stronger also than 13.Be2!?]

13...Bxb1 14.Rxb1 [Diagram

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] 14...Qf6?? [Black had to decide between 14...Nf6; and 14...Ng7 though White would have had a strategic initiative in both cases ("hard for Black" as Gelfand put it).]

15.gxh5 Qxf3+ 16.Kc2 Qxh1 [Diagram

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And now the move, which Gelfand missed when he went for ...Qf6.]

17.Qf2!+- [After 17.Qf2 White's threat is

Bd3 +–. The only defence 17...Nc6 18.dxc6 Qxc6 leads Black to a strategically dead position. Gelfand preferred to resign.]

1-0

Anand,Viswanathan (2791) − Gelfand,Boris (2727) [E60]WCh Moscow (8), 21.05.2012[Ramirez,Alejandro,Taner,Harun]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 [This has been a popular way of trying to avoid the Grunfeld. Shirov used it successfully in the late 90s against Kramnik and it gave Anand great chances in the third game of this match.]

3...c5 4.d5 [Diagram

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The position now goes into the Benoni waters, a defense that is not very popular for Black right now - but white has committed to playing f3.]

4...d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Ne2 0-0 7.Nec3 [This knight dance is seen sometimes in this variation to bolster the center and to develop the knight - notice it isn't very useful on e2. 0.36/0]

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7...Nh5 [0.44/0]

[7...e6 had been played once before, but I'm sure Gelfand was out of preparation by now.]

8.Bg5 [0.11/0]

Bf6 [very logical - White's dark squares are weak, so Gelfand exchanges the bishops to emphasize the weaknesses. 0.33/0]

9.Bxf6 [0.19/0]

exf6 [Opening the file and allowing f5. 0.43/0]

10.Qd2 [Diagram

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The start of a develish trap. Looking back at the game, you just wonder when Vishy saw the upcoming sequence. 0.44/0]

10...f5 [0.00/0]

11.exf5 [0.28/0]

Bxf5 [0.48/0]

12.g4 [0.50/0]

Re8+ [0.36/0]

13.Kd1 [0.73/0]

Bxb1 [0.36/0]

14.Rxb1 [0.65/0]

Qf6?? [Diagram

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I understand that not too many people saw Vishy's idea. However, you always have to be careful playing such a brilliant tactician. 1.69/0]

[14...Nf6 15.Kc2 Nbd7 16.Be2 Must favor White a little. His space advantage is considerable and his king is quite safe. Maybe Na6–c7 is better than Nbd7.]

15.gxh5 [When a world champion hangs an exchange and a pawn, you should know you are lost. 1.52/0]

15...Qxf3+ [2.05/0]

16.Kc2 Qxh1 17.Qf2!! [Diagram

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Surprise! The queen is trapped in the corner. The threat is simply Bd3 and there is no adequate defense. Black resigned instead of continuing in a hopeless situation.]

[17.Qf2 Na6 18.Bd3 Nb4+ 19.Kd2 Nxd3 20.Kxd3 Doesn't help Black one bit.; 17.Qf2 Nc6 18.dxc6 Qxc6 19.Bg2 Qd7 20.Nd5 is beyond hopeless when you play someone of Anand's caliber. Or even a little less.]

1-0

Anand,Viswanathan (2791) − Gelfand,Boris (2727) [E60]WCh Moscow (8), 21.05.2012[Edouard,Romain,Taner,Harun]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5!? [Gelfand deviates from 3...d5, as he played in game two. It is very interesting to play ...c5 right now, since in a normal Saemish System in the Kings Indian, White would be on time to play Nge2 (against ...c5) in order to delay the d5–push. See the line below.]

[3...Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 0–0 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2!? is one of the main lines in the

Saemish.]

4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Ne2 0-0 7.Nec3!? [

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An absolutely normal move. In that kind of positions, White usually has problems developing his two knights healthily. Usually, the b-knight is already on c3, and the other one goes to g3 in order to free the bishop on f1. Then Black goes ...h5, ...h4 very fast and in general White is not in time to castle in order to play Nh1–Nf2 (which is a "dream" square for the knight). The move played by Anand solves all those problems, and is clearly the good reaction against the 3...c5 line.]

7...Nh5 [One of the moves suggested by the engine. Though a bit weird, since Gelfand played very fast, I cannot decently criticize that move, though I would like to. I guess one of the ideas would be to go ...e5, and suddenly the knight would be very well placed on h5 (if ...e5 without ...Nh5, I guess White could go g4!, while with the knight on h5, Black wants to counter g4 by ... Nf4!). The move played by Anand seems like the most natural.]

[7...e6 would be more natural.]

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8.Bg5!? [Diagram

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8...Bf6 [The engine suggests 8...h6 but White would just go 9.Be3 after White Houdini proposes 9...g5 (9...e5?! 10.Qd2 is already different: White will go Na3, 0–0–0 and Black will lose time due to the h6–pawn which is misplaced. If Black needs ...Kh7 later, it will be very difficult to play ...f5, since White is going to put a bishop on d3.) 10.Nd2 Nd7 but White just goes 11.Qc2 followed by 0–0–0, and on the long run I simply don't believe Black's position can be good.]

9.Bxf6 exf6 [Definitely the logical move after going ...Bf6: but according to the engine, Black's position is worse already.]

10.Qd2 [10.g4!? seems quite strong: 10...Ng7 (10...Nf4? 11.Qd2 Qb6 12.Na3 g5 13.h4A) 11.Qd2 Nd7 (11...f5?! 12.gxf5 gxf5? 13.Qh6!A) 12.Qh6 Qb6 13.b3 followed by Be2, and either h4–h5, or simply 0–0 with a positionnal advantage.]

10...f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.g4 [Diagram

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12...Re8+ [The natural 12...Bxb1 13.Rxb1 Ng7 is not enough to equalize after 14.h4! h5 (14...Nd7 15.h5D) 15.Kd1! (typical maneuver) 15...Nd7 16.Kc2 a6 17.Be2 b5 18.Rbg1 and I believe White's attack is quicker.]

13.Kd1 Bxb1 14.Rxb1 [Diagram

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] 14...Qf6?? [A terrible blunder, though the position is already worse.]

[After 14...Nf6 15.Kc2 White will have a fast attack on the kingside, while Black is very slow in finding counterplay (after

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...Na6 White will either go a3, or remove the rook from b1 to leave b1 free for the white king!).]

15.gxh5! Qxf3+ 16.Kc2 Qxh1 [Diagram

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] 17.Qf2! [It seems Gelfand just missed that move! As against Topalov, Anand managed to equalize the score right after losing for the first time! Very impressive. However, it seems quite clear Gelfand somehow couldn't handle the pressure of becoming a "favourite" in the match. Let's not forget Anand played several World Championship matches, while Gelfand is playing one for the first time, and had an absolutely amazing course to reach it.]

[17.Qf2 Nc6õ 18.dxc6 Qxc6 19.Bd3+–]

1-0

Anand,Viswanathan (2791) − Gelfand,Boris (2727) [E60]WCh Moscow (8), 21.05.2012[Prado,Oscar de,Taner,Harun]

[8a partida y Anand deberá arriesgar en busca del empate tras la victoria de Gelfand en la 7a.]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 [Anand vuelve a d4 y de nuevo prueba 3.f3 pero Gelfand es el primero es desviarse de nuevo al jugar c5, que suele trasponer a la variante Saemisch de la India de Rey o a Indo-Benonis, en vez de d5 que jugó en la 3a partida.]

4.d5 d6 [Diagram

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Una alternativa interesante aquí es jugar como un Volga con b5 y a veces se juega Ag7 primero.]

[4...b5!? 5.cxb5 (5.e4 d6 6.cxb5 a6 7.Nc3 (7.Na3 Bg7 8.Ne2 0-0 9.Nc3 e6 10.Bc4

exd5 11.Nxd5 Nbd7 12.0-0 Nxd5

13.Bxd5 Rb8 14.Bc4 Ne5 15.Be2 axb5

16.Nxb5 Ba6 17.a4 c4 18.Ra3 Bxb5

19.axb5 Qb6+ 20.Kh1 Qxb5 21.f4 Nd3

22.Bxd3 cxd3 23.Rxd3 Rfe8 24.f5 Bxb2

25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Bxb2 Qxb2 27.Rdf3

Rb7 28.Qd5 Qb5 29.Qxd6 Qe5 30.Qa6

Qxe4 31.h3 Rbe7 32.Qf6 Qe5 33.Qxe5

Rxe5 34.Rxf7 Re1 35.Kh2 Rxf1 36.Rxf1

Kg7 1/2–1/2 (36) Erdos,V (2576)-Horvath,C (2529) Budapest HUN 2011) 7...Bg7 8.a4 0–0 9.Ra3 axb5 10.Bxb5 Ba6 11.Nge2 Bxb5 12.Nxb5 Na6 13.0–0 Nc7 14.Nec3 Nd7 15.Kh1 Nb6 16.b3 Nxb5 17.Nxb5 Qd7 18.Ra2 Rfb8 19.Rff2 c4

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20.bxc4 Nxc4 21.Rfc2 Rc8 22.h3 h5 23.Bf4 Rc5 24.Qe2 Rac8 25.Bh2 Nb6 26.Rxc5 Rxc5 27.Bg1 Rc1 28.Qe3 Rxg1+ 29.Qxg1 Nxa4 30.Nd4 Nc3 31.Ra8+ Kh7 32.Nc6 Qb7 33.Ra7 Qb2 34.Rxe7 Ne2 35.Qe1 Nf4 36.Qf1 Ne2 37.Kh2 Bh6 38.g3 h4 39.gxh4 Nf4+ 40.Kh1 Nh5 41.Qg1 Kg8 42.Re8+ Kh7 43.Rb8 Qd2 44.Rb1 Bf4 45.Qg2 Ng3+ 46.Kg1 Ne2+ 47.Kf1 Ng3+ 48.Kg1 Ne2+ 1/2–1/2 (48) Anand,V (2670)-Adams,M (2590) Roquebrune 1992) 5...a6 6.e4 Bg7 7.e5 (7.Nc3 0-0 8.Nh3 d6 9.Nf4 Nbd7 10.Be2 axb5 11.Nxb5 Ne8 12.0-0 Ba6

13.Kh1 Nc7 14.Nc3 Qb8 15.Bxa6 Rxa6

16.Nfe2 Nb5 17.Bg5 Re8 18.Qd3 Ra5

19.Rab1 Ne5 20.Qc2 Nxc3 21.Nxc3

Qb4 22.Rfc1 Qc4 23.b3 Qd3 24.a4 h6

25.Bd2 Qxc2 26.Rxc2 Rb8 27.Kg1 Ra6

28.Kf1 c4 29.b4 Nd3 30.Nd1 Rxa4

31.Rxc4 Ra2 32.Be3 Ra4 33.Bd2 Ra2

34.Be3 Ra4 35.Ke2 Raxb4 36.Rcxb4

1/2–1/2 (36) Grischuk,A (2760)-Caruana,F (2700) Plovdiv BUL 2010) 7...Ng8 8.f4 d6 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.Nc3 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.bxa6 Qa5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.Qf3 Kg7 16.0–0 Bd4+ 17.Be3 Nf6 18.d6 Bf5 19.a4 e5 20.Ne2 Qd8 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Qg3 Ng4 23.h3 Ne3 24.Qxe5+ f6 25.Qxd4 Nc2 26.Qc5 Nxa1 27.Rxa1 Qc8 28.b4 Bxh3 29.d7 Bxd7 30.Qe7+ Kh6 31.Bxd7 Qxa6 32.Nd4 Qd3 33.Qxf6 Rhf8 34.Qh4+ Kg7 35.Ne6+ 1–0 (35) Kramnik,V (2790)-Ponomariov,R (2737) Nice FRA 2010; 4...Bg7 5.Nh3 (5.e4 d6 traspone) 5...0–0 6.e4 b5 7.cxb5 d6 8.Nf2 e6 9.Nc3 exd5 10.Nxd5 a6 11.Nc3 axb5 12.Bxb5 Ba6 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.0–0 Nc6 15.Bg5 Qb8 16.Qd2 Nd4 17.Nd3 Qa7 18.Rad1 Nd7 19.Kh1 Rb8 20.Nd5 Rxa2 21.Bh6 f6 22.Be3 Nb3 23.Qc2 Qa4 24.Nc3 Qc4 25.Qf2 Ra6 26.Nf4 Qf7 27.Qe2 Rab6 28.Nfd5 R6b7 29.f4 f5 30.Qa6 Nb6 31.exf5 gxf5 32.Rf3 Nd4 33.Rg3 Nxd5 34.Qxd6

Nxc3 35.bxc3 Rb1 36.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 37.Bg1 Ne6 38.Re3 Nf8 39.Qxc5 Qd7 40.h3 Rb5 41.Qa3 Ne6 42.Qa4 Kf7 43.Qc4 Qd5 44.Qe2 Nxf4 45.Qf1 Rb2 46.Rf3 Ne2 47.Rxf5+ Ke6 48.Rf3 Be5 49.Qa1 Qxf3 50.Qxb2 Ng3+ 51.Kh2 Ne2+ 52.Kh1 Ng3+ 53.Kh2 Qf4 54.Qa2+ Kf6 55.Qf2 Ne4+ 56.Qxf4+ Bxf4+ 57.Kh1 Ng3+ 58.Kh2 Ne2+ 59.Kh1 Ke5 60.c4 Ng3+ 61.Kh2 h5 62.Bf2 Ne2+ 63.Kh1 Ke4 64.c5 Bc7 65.g4 Kf3 66.Bh4 hxg4 67.hxg4 Kxg4 68.Be7 Ng3+ 69.Kg2 Nf5 70.Bd6 Ba5 71.Be5 1/2–1/2 (71) Dancevski,O (2426)-Nedev,T (2476) Struga MKD 2002; 4...Qa5+!?]

5.e4 Bg7 [Diagram

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] [Todavía es posible jugar tipo Volga con 5...b5!? y trasponer a las lineas del comentario anterior.]

6.Ne2 [Esta jugada si que es más extraña y apenas se ha jugado, supongo que Anand no se esperaba la linea con c5 y decide jugar una linea secuandaria, lo normal es jugar el Saemisch con Cc3 y el propio ANand lo había jugado el año pasado frente a Nakamura. Lo que parece claro es que Anand evita todas las variantes usadas en el pasado para evitar la preparación de Gelfand.]

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[6.Nc3 0–0 7.Nge2 Esta linea es la favorita del GM Dreev que la ha jugado muchas veces.

a) 7.Be3 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nh3 Ne5 12.Nf2 Bd7 13.Be2 b5 14.0–0 Rb8 15.axb5 axb5 16.b3 b4 17.Ncd1 Ne8 18.Ra7 f5 19.f4 Nf7 20.e5 dxe5 21.Bxc5 Ned6 22.Bxb4 Bh6 23.Nd3 exf4 24.Qa2 Re8 25.Ba5 Qe7 26.Nxf4 Bxf4 27.Rxf4 Rb7 28.Rxb7 Nxb7 29.Rf2 Nxa5 30.Qxa5 Nd6 31.Bd3 Qe5 32.Qd2 Kg7 33.Qc3 Kf6 34.Re2 Qxc3 35.Nxc3 Rc8 36.Na4 0–1 (36) Sriram,J (2507)-Hamdouchi,H (2609) Marrakesh MAR 2010;

b) 7.Bg5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.Nxd5 (9.cxd5 Re8 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.Ng3 a6 12.Be2

b5 13.0-0 Qc7 14.Rac1 b4 15.Nd1 a5

16.Bh6 Bh8 17.Ne3 Nb6 18.Kh1 Ba6

19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.f4 Raa8 21.e5 dxe5

22.fxe5 Qxe5 23.Rxc5 Nfd7 24.Rc2

Rac8 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.d6 Qe6 27.b3

Be5 28.Bf4 Bxf4 29.Rxf4 f5 30.Rf1 Re8

31.Nexf5 gxf5 32.Nxf5 Kh8 33.Ne7 Ne5

34.h3 Nbd7 35.Qd4 Kg7 36.Nf5+ Kg8

37.Ne7+ Kg7 38.Nf5+ Kg8 39.Ne7+ 1/2–1/2 (39) Dreev,A (2711)-Khairullin,I (2642) St Petersburg RUS 2011) 9...Be6 10.Ne2 Bxd5 11.cxd5 Nbd7 12.Nc3 a6 13.Rc1 h6 14.Be3 Nh5 15.g4 Nhf6 16.Be2 Qe7 17.Nd1 Rfe8 18.Nf2 Nb6 19.Bxh6 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Nfxd5 21.h4 Nc7 22.g5 Qf8 23.Qxf8+ Kxf8 24.Ng4 Ne6 25.Kf2 Ke7 26.Nf6 Red8 27.Rhd1 Rac8 28.Kg3 Nd4 29.Bf1 a5 30.f4 Kf8 31.Re1 Rc6 32.h5 gxh5 33.Nxh5 Nd7 34.Nf6 Nxf6 35.gxf6 Rb6 36.b3 Re8 37.Bc4 d5 38.e5 dxc4 39.Rh1 Rxf6 40.exf6 Re3+ 41.Kg4 Kg8 42.Rh2 Ne2 43.Rch1 Rg3+ 44.Kf5 Nd4+ 45.Ke4 1–0 (45) Gelfand,B (2691)-Agrest,E (2533)

Malmoe 1999; 7...e6 8.Ng3 a6 (8...Na6 9.Be2 exd5 10.cxd5 Nc7 11.a4 a6

12.Bg5 Bd7 13.h4 b5 14.h5 h6 15.Be3

b4 16.Nb1 g5 17.Bf2 Nfe8 18.Ra2 f5

19.b3 fxe4 20.Nxe4 Bf5 21.Ng3 Kh8

22.Bc4 Bh7 23.0-0 Nf6 24.Re2 Qd7

25.Rfe1 Rae8 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Rxe8+

Qxe8 28.Nd2 Nfxd5 29.Nde4 Qc6

30.Bd3 Nf4 31.Bc2 Nce6 32.Nd2 Nd3

33.Nge4 Nef4 34.g3 Nh3+ 35.Kg2

Nhxf2 36.Nxf2 Nxf2 37.Kxf2 Bg8

38.Qe2 d5 39.Qe7 Bd4+ 40.Kf1 Qe6

41.Qf8 Qh3+ 42.Ke2 Qg2+ 43.Kd1

Qg1+ 44.Ke2 Qf2+ 45.Kd1 Bg7 46.Qd6

a5 47.Qb6 Qg1+ 48.Ke2 Qg2+ 49.Kd1

c4 0–1 (49) Morozevich,A (2750)-Ivanchuk,V (2739) Moscow RUS 2009) 9.a4 h5 10.Bg5 exd5 11.cxd5 Qc7 12.Qd2 Nbd7 13.Be2 Rb8 14.0–0 c4 15.Be3 h4 16.Nh1 h3 17.Nf2 hxg2 18.Kxg2 Nh5 19.f4 Nhf6 20.Bf3 Re8 21.a5 Qd8 22.Ne2 Nh7 23.Ng3 b6 24.axb6 Nxb6 25.Bd4 Bxd4 26.Qxd4 Qf6 27.Ne2 Qxd4 28.Nxd4 Bb7 29.Ra3 Nf6 30.Nc6 Rbc8 31.Na5 Ba8 32.Nc6 Bb7 33.Na5 Ba8 1/2–1/2 (33) Anand,V (2811)-Nakamura,H (2758) Moscow RUS 2011]

6...0-0 [Diagram

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] 7.Nec3!? [Anand aún podía trasponer

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con 7.Nbc3] 7...Nh5N [Llega la novedad de Gelfand cuya idea parece jugar e6 o e5 y luego amenazar jaque en h4 o meter el caballo en f4 ideas típcas de esta apertura, había algunas partidas con]

[7...e6 8.Be3 Na6 9.Be2 Nc7 10.a4 Nfe8 11.Qd2 f5 12.0–0 Nf6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxc5 Rf7 15.dxe6 Nxe6 16.Qxd8+ Nxd8 17.Nb5 Nc6 18.N1c3 Be6 19.Bf2 Bf8 20.Rad1 a6 21.Na3 Nd4 22.Rfe1 Rc8 23.Bd3 Nc6 24.Nc2 Rd7 25.Bb6 Be7 26.Bf1 Kf7 27.b3 Bd8 28.Rxd7+ Nxd7 29.Bxd8 Rxd8 30.b4 a5 31.Rb1 Nxb4 32.Nxb4 axb4 33.Rxb4 Nc5 34.Rb5 Rc8 35.Rb6 Bd7 36.a5 Ra8 37.Nd5 Rxa5 38.Nf6 Bc6 39.Nxh7 Ra1 40.Kf2 Ra2+ 41.Ke1 e4 42.Ng5+ Kf6 43.f4 Ke7 44.Rb1 Nd3+ 0–1 (44) Sadler,M (2667)-Tkachiev,V (2634) Enghien les Bains 1999; 7...Na6 8.Be2 Nc7 9.Be3 a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.0–0 Bd7 12.Na3 Nfe8 13.Qd2 e6 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Rxb6 16.Rfb1 Qb8 17.Ra2 Rb4 18.Bg5 f5 19.exf5 Rxf5 20.Bd3 Rf7 21.dxe6 Nxe6 22.Nd5 Nxg5 23.Qxg5 Nf6 24.Nc2 Rb3 25.Nxf6+ Bxf6 26.Qd5 Rxd3 27.Qxd3 Bf5 28.Qd5 Bxc2 29.Rxa6 Kg7 30.Re1 Qb4 31.Re8 Bd4+ 32.Kh1 Qxb2 33.h4 Qc1+ 34.Kh2 Qf4+ 35.Kh3 Bf5+ 36.g4 Bd3 37.Kg2 Qd2+ 38.Kg3 0–1 (38) Laznicka,V (2593)-Polzin,R (2470) Bindlach GER 2007; 7...e5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 (9.Be3 Ne8 10.Nd2 f5 11.Bd3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.a3 a5 14.Na4! b6 (14...Nd7 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 b64 Arencibia,W) 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Na6 17.b5! Nb4 18.Be2 Rf7 19.Nb1! Rfa7 20.Nbc3 Bf6 21.Kd2! h5 22.Kc1 Qd7 23.Kb2 Bd8 24.Ra3 g4 25.Kb3� Arencibia,W (2560)-Ubilava,E (2555) Benasque 1991) 9...Qe8 10.g4 Nh7 11.Bd3 f5 12.Nb5 fxg4 13.Nxd6 Qd7 14.Nxc8 g5 15.Bf2 Rxf3 16.Be2 Rf4 17.Nxa7 Rxa7 18.Bxc5 Ra5 19.Be3 Rxe4 20.Qd2 Ra4 21.Nc3 Rexc4 22.Bxc4 Rxc4

23.Qd3 b5 24.b3 e4 25.Nxe4 Rxe4 26.Qxe4 Bxa1 27.0–0 Bg7 28.Qe6+ Qxe6 29.dxe6 Nc6 30.Rc1 Ne7 31.Rc7 Nd5 32.Rc8+ Bf8 33.Bc5 Kg7 34.Bxf8+ Nxf8 35.Rc5 Ne7 36.Rxb5 Nxe6 37.a4 Nc7 38.Rb7 Ned5 39.b4 Kf6 40.b5 Ke5 41.a5 Kd6 42.Rb8 Kc5 43.b6 Na6 44.Ra8 Ndb4 45.b7 Kb5 46.b8Q+ Nxb8 47.Rxb8+ Kxa5 48.Rh8 Kb5 49.Rxh6 Nd5 50.Rg6 Kc4 51.Rxg5 Ne3 52.Kf2 Kd4 53.Rg8 Nd1+ 54.Kg3 Ne3 55.Rd8+ Kc4 56.Kf4 Nf1 57.Rh8 1–0 (57) Slipak,S (2498)-Rodriguez,A (2460) Pinamar ARG 2002]

8.Bg5!? [Diagram

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jugada provocativa para evitar e5 o e6 y si el negro juega h6 se debilita un poco auqneu con Rh7 se defiende todo.]

[8.Be2 e5 9.0–0 Nf4=; 8.Be3 Nd7 9.Qd2 (9.g4 Nhf6) 9...Rb8�; 8.Na3!? e6 9.Be3�]

8...Bf6!? [Jugada inesperada de Gelfand, no habnia nada de malo en]

[8...h6 9.Be3 Nd7 10.Be2 (10.Nd2 Ne5) 10...Qb6 11.Qd2 Kh7= (11...g5!?) ]

9.Bxf6 [9.Bh6 Re8 (9...Ng7!?; 9...Bg7=; 9...Qb6!?) ] 9...exf6!? [Diagram

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De nuevo una jugada sorprendente no había nada de malo en tomar de caballo pero Gelfand tiene en mente jugar f5 y además abre la columna e, además las blancas tienen falta de desarrollo lo que permite este tipo de concesiones.] [9...Nxf6=] 10.Qd2 [10.g4!? Nf4 (10...Ng7 11.Qe2 Nd7

12.Nd2 a6=) 11.Ne2 Nxe2 12.Bxe2 Nd7 13.Nc3 Re8=] 10...f5 11.exf5 [11.Bd3] 11...Bxf5!? [D

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] [11...Re8+; 11...Qh4+!? 12.Kd1 Bxf5 13.g4 Bxb1 14.Rxb1 Ng7=] 12.g4 Re8+ [12...Bxb1 13.Rxb1 Ng7= (13...Qh4+ 14.Qf2 Qe7+ 15.Kd2 Qg5+ 16.Kc2 Nf4

17.h4 Qf6 18.Re14) ; 12...Qh4+ 13.Kd1 Bxb1 14.Rxb1 Ng7=]

13.Kd1 [13.Be2 Qh4+ 14.Kd1 Bxb1 15.Rxb1 Nf6= (15...Ng7=) ]

13...Bxb1 [Diagram

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] 14.Rxb1 Qf6? [Esto es un grave error de cálculo por parte de Gelfand que lo hizo tras pensar un buen rato.] [14...Ng7 15.Kc2 Nd7 16.Be2 a6 17.Rbe1 Qh4 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.h4 f5 20.gxf5 gxf5 21.Ng3 Qe3�; 14...Nf6! 15.Kc2 Na6 16.a3 Nc7 17.h4 b5� con posición complicada.] 15.gxh5 [Jugado al toque por Anand que no daba crédito.] 15...Qxf3+ 16.Kc2 Qxh1 17.Qf2! [D

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La jugada que debió escapar a Gelfand,

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ahora la dama está atrapada y las negras deben entregar su caballo para poder salvarla, se podía seguir jugando un poco más pero Gelfand decidió abandonar sin duda afectado por su grave error, podría seguir]

[17.Qf2 Nc6 única 18.dxc6 Qxc6 19.Bd3 Re5 20.Rf1 Qc7 (20...Rf8 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Bxg6) 21.Nd5 Rxd5 22.cxd5 c4 23.Be2 Re8 esta linea es forzada y si bien las blancas tienen pieza de más es por 2 peones y quizás Gelfand debió seguir jugando un poco más aunque con buen juego las blancas deben ganar.]

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Anand,Viswanathan (2791) − Gelfand,Boris (2727) [E60]WCh Moscow (8), 21.05.2012[Garcia,Leontxo,Taner,Harun]

[Es muy difícil encontrar una explicación lógica del tremendo error que cometió ayer Guélfand, un día después de tumbar al campeón del mundo de forma inapelable. Puede que acusase la presión psicológica, al verse ocupando el trono la próxima semana. O tal vez decidió abandonar sus análisis caseros y provocar posiciones raras para que su rival se apurase de tiempo (últimamente, Anand piensa mucho más que antes, y ello le incomoda, por falta de costumbre). El resultado fue, probablemente, la derrota más rápida en la historia de los Mundiales. El duelo queda empatado (4–4) a falta de cuatro partidas:] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 [(Guélfand no repite 3...d5 para evitar los análisis de Anand)] 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Ne2 0-0 7.Nec3 Nh5! [Diagram

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(novedad)]

8.Bg5 [(el plan de enrocar largo merece atención: 8.g4 Nf6 9.Be3 Qb6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Nd2 Nfd7 12.0–0–0 Bd4 13.Bf4! , con una posición difícil de evaluar)] 8...Bf6!? [(renuncia a su alfil magnífico, pero a cambio del mejor de las blancas y de minar el centro)] 9.Bxf6 exf6 10.Qd2 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.g4 Re8+ 13.Kd1 [(si 13.Be2 Qh4+ )] 13...Bxb1 14.Rxb1 Qf6?? [(tras 14...Nf6 15.Kc2 Na6 16.a3 Nc7 17.h4 habría una pequeña ventaja blanca, pero con recursos para las negras; es increíble que Guélfand cometa un error táctico tan grave)] 15.gxh5!! Qxf3+ 16.Kc2 Qxh1 [D

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] 17.Qf2! [(ambos calcularon en primer lugar 17.Qf4 , que no funciona por 17...Qg1 , pero Anand vio entonces la ganadora), , y Guélfand se rindió ante la amenaza Ah3, ganando la dama, que obliga a; 17.Qf2 Nc6 18.dxc6 Qxc6 19.Bg2 Qd7 20.Nd5 , con ventaja estratégica ganadora.]

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Anand,Viswanathan (2799) − Gelfand,Boris (2739) [E60]WCh Moscow (8), 21.05.2012[ChessBase,Taner,Harun]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 [In der 3. Partie geschah 3...d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3]

4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Ne2 [Zu üblichen Abspielen der Sämischvariante /Benoni-Verteidigung führt 6.Nc3 0–0 7.Bg5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 usw.]

6...0-0 [Diagram

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] 7.Nec3!? ["Normal" ist 7.Nbc3 e6 8.Ng3 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 (10...h5) 11.Be2 h5 z.B. 12.Bg5 Rb8 13.Qd2 Qc7

14.Bh6 c4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.a5 h4 17.Nf1 Nc5 18.Bxc4 Ncxe4 19.fxe4 Qxc4 20.Ne3 Qc5 21.Qf2 b5 22.h3 Nh5 23.0–0 Ng3 24.Qf6+ Kg8 25.Rf3 Bd7 26.Qxh4 b4 27.Rxg3 bxc3 28.bxc3 Qxc3 29.Rf1 Qe5 30.Kh2 Rb4 31.Rf4 Re8 32.Rg5 Qe7 33.Qh6 Rxe4 34.Rxf7 1–0 (34) Kortschnoj,V (2673)-Xie Jun (2532) Arnhem 1999 CBM 071 [Stohl,I]]

7...Nh5!? [Diagram

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Eine Neuerung und auch ein überraschender Zug. Schwarz möchte nachweisen, dass die weißen Springer auf b1 und c3 sich gegenseitig im Weg stehen und verzichtet deshalb auf .... e6.]

[Nach 7...e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 fände der Sb1 über a3 oder d2 vielleicht einmal einen guten Platz auf c4. Trotzdem kam diese Spielweise durchaus für Schwarz in Betracht.; Eine andere Partieanlage wäre 7...e5 z.B. 8.g4 Ne8 9.h4 f5 10.Be3 Nd7 11.Nd2 Bf6 12.g5 Be7 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Qc2 Ng7 15.Bh3 Rf7 16.0–0–0 Nf8 17.f4 exf4 18.Bf2 a6 19.Nf3 Nh5 20.Rhe1 b5 21.Kb1 bxc4 22.Bf1 Ng6 23.Bxc4 Bf8 24.Re6 Bg7 25.Rde1 Nf8 26.g6 hxg6 27.Ng5 Rb7 28.Re8 Qa5 29.Ne6 Rab8 30.b3 Qb4 31.Nd1 a5 32.Nxg7 Nxg7 33.Rd8 Qb6

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34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.Qc3 Qd8 36.Rg1 Kf7 37.Nb2 0–1 (37) Arencibia Rodriguez,W (2335)-Boudy,J (2390) Havana 1986]

8.Bg5!? [Verhindert erstmal e7–e5.]

[Verpflichtender wäre 8.g4 Nf6 usw. gewesen.]

8...Bf6!? [Die Alternative war 8...h6 9.Be3 e5 (Oder 9...e6 10.g4 Nf6 11.h4 exd5 12.cxd5) ]

9.Bxf6 exf6!? [Natürlich war hier auch 9...Nxf6 ein Option.]

10.Qd2 [Diagram

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Räumt das Feld d1 für den König.]

[Möglich war auch 10.g4 Nach 10...Ng7 11.Be2 f5 12.gxf5 Qh4+ käme 13.Kd2 -- gefolgt von 14.Kc2]

10...f5 [Die Alternative war vielleicht erst 10...Nd7 z.B.: 11.Na3

a) 11.g4 Ng7 (11...Ne5 12.Be2 Ng7 13.0-0!?) 12.Na3 (12.h4 Ne5 13.Be2 h5) 12...Ne5 13.Qf2!? (13.Be2 f5 14.gxf5

Qh4+ 15.Kd1 gxf5 16.Rg1 a6) 13...f5

14.gxf5 gxf5 15.0–0–0 ist etwas angenhemer für Weiß.;

b) 11.Be2 scheint ungenau wegen 11...f5 12.exf5 Qh4+ 13.Kd1 Ng3 14.Re1 Nxf5�; 11...f5 (11...a6 12.g4 Ne5 13.Be2 Ng7 14.h3 mit der Idee f4, sieht gut aus für Weiß.) 12.exf5 Re8+ (12...Qh4+ 13.Kd1 Ng3 scheitert an 14.Qf2 Nxf5 15.Qxh4 Nxh4 16.Nab5 Nf5 17.Ne4A) 13.Kd1 (13.Be2 Qh4+ 14.Kf1 (14.Kd1 Ng3) 14...Ng3+ 15.Kg1 Nxf5 Th1 ist nicht der Held im Moment.) 13...Ne5!? 14.fxg6 fxg6 15.Be2 Rf8; 10...Re8 11.g4 Ng7 12.Be2 (12.h4 h5) ]

11.exf5 Bxf5 [11...Qh4+ scheitert hier an 12.Kd1 Ng3 13.Qf2 Nxf5 14.Qxh4 Nxh4 15.Nb5±]

12.g4 Re8+ [12...Bxb1 13.Rxb1 Ng7 14.Be2 f5±]

13.Kd1 Bxb1 14.Rxb1 Qf6? [Fußt auf einem Rechenfehler.]

15.gxh5 Qxf3+ 16.Kc2 Qxh1 17.Qf2 [D

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Und die Dame droht eingesperrt zu werden, was Material kostet.]

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[17.Qf2 Ein Versuch war noch. 17...Nc6 18.dxc6 (18.Bh3? Nd4+ 19.Kd3 Qf3+-+) 18...Qxc6 19.Bd3 Re5 20.Rf1 Qc7 21.Nd5 Rxd5 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.cxd5+–]

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Anand,Viswanathan (2791) − Gelfand,Boris (2727) [E60]WCh Moscow (8), 21.05.2012[Chess Tigers,Taner,Harun]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 [Gelfand verzichtet auf zu Gunsten eines Königsinders auf den bisher bei der WM gespielten Gründfelder. Königsindisch gehört seit vielen Jahren zum Repertoire des Israeli.]

4.d5 d6 [Vermutlich der genaueste Zug.]

[Direkt 4...Bg7 erlaubt 5.Nh3 nebst Sf2 und der Damenspringer geht nach c3.]

5.e4 Bg7 6.Ne2 [Diagram

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Ein eher selten gespielter Zug.] [Das natürliche 6.Nc3 stellt die Hauptvariante dar.]

6...0-0 7.Nec3 [Natürlich hätte Weiß noch immer 7.Nbc3 spielen können.]

7...Nh5!?N [Diagram

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Wow, bereits im 7. Zug spielt Gelfand einen neuen Zug!]

[Laut Peter Leko soll man hier eigentlich 7...e6 spielen. z. B. 8.Be3 Na6 9.Be2 Nc7 10.a4 Nfe8 11.Qd2 f5 12.0–0 Nf6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxc5 Rf7 15.dxe6 Nxe6 16.Qxd8+ Nxd8 17.Nb5 Nc6 18.N1c3 Be6 19.Bf2 Bf8 20.Rad1 a6 21.Na3 Nd4 22.Rfe1 Rc8 23.Bd3 Nc6 24.Nc2 Rd7 25.Bb6 Be7 26.Bf1 Kf7 27.b3 Bd8 28.Rxd7+ Nxd7 29.Bxd8 Rxd8 30.b4 a5 31.Rb1 Nxb4 32.Nxb4 axb4 33.Rxb4 Nc5 34.Rb5 Rc8 35.Rb6 Bd7 36.a5 Ra8 37.Nd5 Rxa5 38.Nf6 Bc6 39.Nxh7 Ra1 40.Kf2 Ra2+ 41.Ke1 e4 42.Ng5+ Kf6 43.f4 Ke7 44.Rb1 Nd3+ 0–1 Sadler (2667) - Tkachiev (2634), Enghien les Bains 1999]

8.Bg5 [8.g4 war durchaus eine ernsthafte Alternative. z. B. 8...Nf6 9.h4 h5 10.g5 Nfd7 11.Be3 Na6 (Leko)]

8...Bf6 9.Bxf6 exf6 10.Qd2 [Wieder kam 10.g4 in Betracht. z. B. 10...Ng7 (10...Nf4?! 11.Qd2 g5 12.h4 mit Angriff.)

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11.Qd2 Nd7 12.Be2 mit unklarer Lage.]

10...f5 [Diagram

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Eine sehr komplizierte Stellung mit vielen Zugmöglichkeiten auf beiden Seiten!]

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Während alle - mit Computer bewaffneten - Kiebitze sich nun fragten, ob Gelfand den Springer nach g7 oder f6 stellen würden,

glaubte selbiger wohl an einen Fehler seines Gegners und spielte]

14...Qf6?? [. Nicht ahnend, dass Anand lange vorher gesehen hatte, dass dieser Zug ein schwerer Fehler ist.]

15.gxh5 Qxf3+ 16.Kc2 Qxh1 17.Qf2!+- [Plötzlich schwebt die schwarze Dame in argen Nöten. Gelfand war total geschockt und gab hier bereits auf.]

[Gelfand hätte nach 17.Qf2! noch 17...Nc6 versuchen können und müssen, wobei es natürlich keinen Zweifel gibt, dass Weiß nach 18.dxc6 Qxc6 19.Bg2+– so gut wie auf Gewinn steht.]

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WCh 2012 Moscow Crosstable

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Anand,Viswanathan 2791 ½½½½½½01 4.0/8

Gelfand,Boris 2727 ½½½½½½10 4.0/8

Redaksiyon

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