Author: James Robertson
Date: 20:44:31 09/10/00
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On September 10, 2000 at 15:48:51, Frederic Friedel wrote: >[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. I'll try to direct this post as much on-topic as possible by saying I had Insomniac analyzing the World Cup games as they happened. :) I also thought Vishy would lose, and so did Insomniac. 22. ... bxc5 seemed so much worse than the alternative, and it still drew. I would guess Vishy did work it out, since why else would he play a seemingly suicidal move? The Yuhua - Cramling 2.2 game was tragic. Insomniac spotted a lot of missed opportunities for black.... James
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