Author: Reinhard Scharnagl
Date: 09:51:06 11/23/04
Go up one level in this thread
Smirf could read it but (because of not yet supporting Variants) converted
it into:
[Event "Amber2001"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Time "??:??:??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 {#This
is the so called "Anti-Marshall" - recently the top players do not often allow
Black to sacrifice a pawn after 8. c3 d5 ( 8.c3 d5 )} b4 {( [As you may
remember, we considered an excellent win by Garry Kasparov vs. Peter Leko
in recently finished super-tournament in Linares:CT-115] 8...Bb7 9.d3 d6
10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 h6 14.Bd2 [and so on.] )} 9.d3 d6
10.a5 {( 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 [is another possibility] )} Be6 {( [Both]
10...Bg4 ) ( [and] 10...Rb8 [are the alternatives.] )} 11.Nbd2 Bxb3 12.Nxb3 Re8
{#} 13.h3 {This modest move is a novelty. ( [After the immediate] 13.d4 exd4
14.Nfxd4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bf8 $132 [ Black obtained more or less acceptable
play in the games Szabo - Unzicker, Bern 1987 and Short - I.Sokolov,
Linares 1995.] )} Qd7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 {White postponed the advance d3-d4
trying to realise it in more favourable situation.} Nh7 {( [Unfortunately it
was impossible to play more actively:] 15...Nh5? [ failed to] 16.Nxe5! )}
16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.d4 {#There was no reason to delay this advance anymore.} exd4
18.Nfxd4 Nf6 19.f3 Nxd4 20.Qxd4 {( 20.Nxd4 [could be well met by] 20...d5! [and
in case of] 21.e5 [ Black has] 21...Rae8! ~ )} Qb5 {#Generally Black's
position looks quite acceptable but , as we'll see, his play is not so easy.}
21.Qd3 Qg5 {( [The ending after] 21...Qxd3?! 22.cxd3 [is difficult. White will
create strong pressure on the c-file and if Black puts his pawn on c5
then d3-d4 will be annoying.] ) ( 21...Qe5 22.Nd4 += [was also better for
White.] )} 22.Qd2 {#Insisting on the ending.} Qxd2 {( 22...Qb5!? [deserved
attention although after] 23.Nd4 Qc5 24.Kh1 += [White kept better chances but
Black can reasonably hope for counterplay - ...Nh5 would be one of the
ideas.] )} 23.Nxd2 Rae8 {#} 24.Nb3 {A good prophylactic move. ( [Of course,
not] 24.Nc4? [due to] 24...d5! )} c5 {It was probably better to refrain from
this move for a while. ( 24...d5?! [was dubious due to] 25.Nc5 [and Black
cannot give up the a6 pawn.] ) ( [Something like] 24...Re5!? [deserved
attention.] )} 25.Red1 Re6 26.Rd2 Kf8 27.Rad1 Ke7 {#} 28.Nc1 {The advance
...d6-d5 is prevented - it's time to improve the knight.} Rd8 29.Nd3 Rd7 30.b3
g5 31.Kf2 Rb7 {#} 32.Nb2 {Simple, but effective play - Black is already in
trouble!} Rb5 {Of course, he rook has nothing to do here but it was already
difficult to give Black better advice. ( [Something like] 32...h5 33.Nc4 Rd7
[looked more stubborn but after] 34.Ne3 [the only way to secure the d6-pawn is]
34...Ne8 [- I think there is no need to say that White has a huge
advantage here.] )} 33.Nc4 Ne8 {#} 34.e5 {Securing a decisive penetration.}
dxe5 35.Rd7+ Kf6 36.Ra7 Kg6 37.Rdd7 f6 38.Rd8 Ke6 {#Black has a pawn up but
look at his pieces - none of them can move!} 39.h5 Rda8 40.h4 Rxa6 {The a-pawn
can hardly be stopped.} 41.Nc7 Rxe6 42.Nxe6 a6 43.Nc7 Ra7 {#Black resigned.
Extraordinary technique by Vishy Anand!} 1-0
Reinhard.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.