Author: Amir Ban
Date: 03:10:00 07/22/98
Can't find any information about what happened there except that Anand lost on
time.
Isn't it very unusual to lose on time after only 28 moves when you are ahead ?
Seems to be an indication that Anand was psyched out. He preferred to let his
clock run out rather than risk a blunder. Didn't he at least offer a draw before
losing (the obvious thing to do in such a situation) ?
I don't know in how much time pressure Anand was till this point, but seems he
played accurately. The game should continue something like:
28... a5 29.b3 Qe8 30.Qg4 {better than 30.Rc1 b4 and white is in big trouble} f6
{or 30...Qf8 31.Rd1 Rxd1 32.Kxd1 Rd8+ 33.Ke1 f5} 31.Rc1 Rc6 32.Bxa5 Ra8 33.Nb4
Rxa5 34.Nxc6 Qxc6
Amir
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