Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:56:42 07/26/98
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On July 26, 1998 at 06:37:57, Amir Ban wrote: > >Did Anand have a good alternative to the critical 16...Bd6 ? Maybe not: > >16... f6 17. Qh5+ is losing > >16... Be7 17. Bg5 Rf8 is horrible > >16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Be7 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Nxf7 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Kxf7 21. 0-0 is >clearly in white's favor. > >16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Qc2 is the only reasonable alternative. The continuations >are unclear & complicated, but look more in white's favour: > > 18. Be3 f5 19. Qh5+ g6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qxh8 and black can continue Qc3+ >or Qxe4. > > or > > 18. d5 Bxa3 19. 0-0 (or even Rxa3) > > or > > 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Be7 > > >Most people assume that Anand spent 18 minutes to work out that Bd6 works >perfectly. He may have spent those 18 minutes to consider just how bad those >alternatives are, then crossed his fingers and played Bd6. > >Amir If you had said this a few days ago I would probably not have agreed. But after looking at the game myself quite a bit, you are probably dead right here. He may well have spent 18 minutes (if that is the right time and not what we saw in move delays) trying to find *another* move and couldn't...
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