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Viswanathan Anand vs Gata Kamsky
Kamsky - Anand Candidates Semifinal (1994), Sanghi Nagar IND, rd 7, Aug-03
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Archangelsk Variation (C78)  ·  0-1

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Sep-23-08  SetNoEscapeOn: Up two points after four games, tied at 7, and -2 at 10... Anand really collapsed in this match.
Sep-23-08  VaselineTopLove: I believe there was some disturbance caused by Kamsky's father Rustam, that got Anand distracted...what's the inside scoop on this?
Feb-13-11  fixingguru: on move 28 white missed a good chance to activate the knight.


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instead of 28.Ne1 as played 28.Nd4 seems better to me.

the last chance for Anand to save the game was IMO on move 52.


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52.Rg8 is not good. the right idea was to attack the e5 pawn with 52.Nh4 and then 52...Re3 53.Ng6 Kd4


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and now since black has the wrong bishop 54.Re5 is possible.

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