Author: Amir Ban
Date: 03:26:57 07/22/98
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On July 22, 1998 at 06:10:00, Amir Ban wrote:
>
>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
Correction:
28... a5 29.b3 Qe8 30.Na2 b5 31.Qg4 {better than 31.Rc1 b4 and white is in big
trouble} f6 {or 31...Qf8 32.Rd1 Rxd1 33.Kxd1 Rd8+ 34.Ke1 f5} 32.Rc1 Rc6 33.Bxa5
Ra8 34.Nb4 Rxa5 35.Nxc6 Qxc6
Amir
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