Author: Gerd Isenberg
Date: 23:15:39 08/03/03
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On August 04, 2003 at 00:56:47, Harald Faber wrote: >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? Yes it is already a difficult position... What about 26...Qb5 or Ra8?
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