Author: Harald Faber
Date: 21:56:47 08/03/03
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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. The losing move was probably >26...a4 in this position: > >[D]3rr1k1/5pp1/1np1p2p/p2q2nP/1p1P1BP1/1P1RQ3/P1P1NP2/1KR5 b - - > >Really a nice tournament in Dortmund's opera - five games played one the stage. >Comments and chess tales via small headset receivers. > >Cheers, >Gerd Is 26...a4 really the losing move? It has some positives: - It lets a5 available to the black queen for the case that white plays c2-c4 so that the black queen still can cover g5. - If white does not continue strong enough black can open the a-file by capturing on b3 and arrange some counterplay. Which better move should have been played?
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