Author: Frederic Friedel
Date: 12:48:51 09/10/00
[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"] [Site "Shenyang CHN"] [Date "2000.09.10"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Gelfand, B."] [Black "Anand, V."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2762"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2000.09.07"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Rfd1 g6 15. Rac1 Re8 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Ne4 Be5 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. dxc6 bxc5 23. Rxd8 Rcxd8 24. Re1 Bd4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qb5 Kg7 27. Qxa5 Re2 28. Qxc7 Rxf2 29. Kh1 Nd3 30. Qd8 Rc2 31. Bf1 Nf2+ 32. Kg2 Ng4+ 33. Kf3 Ne5+ 34. Ke4 Nxc6 35. Qc7 Nb4 36. g4 Rf2 37. Bb5 g5 38. a5 1/2-1/2 I was following this game and thought Vishy was losing, then it turned around and in the end it was Boris Gelfand who was very close to disaster. Afterwards, working backwards it seems that White didn't have many alternatives. I suspect that maybe Black actually worked it all out when he gave up his queen for a rook and knight (move 22). Looks like a really tall order, but Vishy is the player who might just pull it off.
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