Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:54:47 08/02/03
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On August 02, 2003 at 16:59:02, Gerd Isenberg wrote: >[Event "Dortmund"] >[Site "?"] >[Date "2003.08.02"] >[Round "3"] >[White "Bologan, V."] >[Black "Anand, V."] >[Result "1-0"] >[WhiteElo "2650"] >[BlackElo "2774"] >[PlyCount "81"] >[EventDate "2003.08.02"] > >1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 >Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Ne5 Rd8 >15. Qe2 O-O 16. Ng6 Rfe8 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Rd3 Ree8 19. Rhd1 Qd5 20. Rg1 b5 >21. Qd2 a5 22. Ne2 b4 23. g4 Ne4 24. Qe3 Ng5 25. Rc1 Nb6 26. b3 a4 27. Bc7 Qa5 >28. f4 Nh7 29. g5 hxg5 30. fxg5 Rd7 31. Bxb6 Qxb6 32. Rg1 axb3 33. cxb3 Qa5 34. >g6 fxg6 35. hxg6 Nf6 36. Rg5 Rd5 37. Re5 Ng4 38. Rxe6 Rf8 39. Qh3 Nh6 40. Rxc6 >Rdf5 41. d5 1-0 > >According to Bologan (live interview with commentator Dr. Pfleger), Anands >opening was bad due to 13...Qa5 and even 14...Rd8. There is one important game in which both of those moves were played by Black (Bent Larsen in this case), and the game ended in a draw. So, perhaps those moves aren't TOO bad. [Event "IBM"] [Site "Amsterdam NED"] [Date "1980.06.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Timman, Jan H"] [Black "Larsen, Bent"] [TimeControl "-"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteELO "2600"] [BlackELO "2590"] [WhiteTitle "IGM"] [BlackTitle "IGM"] [WhiteCountry "NED"] [BlackCountry "DEN"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bf4 e6 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Kb1 Be7 14.Ne5 Rd8 15.Nc4 Qb5 16.Bc7 Rc8 17.Nd6+ Bxd6 18.Bxd6 Qxd3 19.Rxd3 Nb6 20.Bc5 Kd7 21.Rh4 Kc7 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.Rxe4 Nd7 24.Rg4 Rh7 25.Rdg3 Rg8 26.c4 b6 27.Be7 g5 28.hxg6ep Rxg6 29.Bh4 Nf8 30.Rxg6 Nxg6 31.Bf6 h5 32.Kc2 a6 33.Rh3 Nf8 34.Kd3 b5 35.c5 Nd7 36.Be5+ Kd8 37.Ke4 a5 38.Rg3 Nxe5 39.dxe5 h4 40.Rd3+ Kc7 41.Rh3 Rg7 42.Rxh4 1/2-1/2 >The losing move was probably 26...a4 in this position: > >[D]3rr1k1/5pp1/1np1p2p/p2q2nP/1p1P1BP1/1P1RQ3/P1P1NP2/1KR5 b - - Yes, this is definitely a poor move, but according to some playing around with CM9000, Anand was able to come pretty close to equalizing after that -- until 37...Ng4. After that, it was clearly over pretty quickly. jm
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