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Vladimir Akopian vs Viswanathan Anand
Armenia - The Rest of the World (2004), Moscow RUS, rd 3, Jun-12
Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation (B48)  ·  0-1

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Jun-29-04  Tennyson: White's English Attack against the Sicilian Taimanov. There's good analysis on the English attack on http://www.chessclub.com/bits/video... but it looks into 9. ... Ne5 Instead of Anand's 9. ... Na5.
Mar-05-23
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  plang: 9..Na5 had first been suggested by Anand's second Ubilava and first played by Anand in 2003. Anand had already played it several times and had previously followed up with 10..d5 (after 10 Nb3); here he varied with 10..Nxb3 a move which has not been repeated. After 25 Bxc5 White had a clear edge in the endgame. 27 Bd3 was suggested as an improvement. Anand recommended 32 b4 followed by the pawn sacrifice c4 and Kc3 as White's best plan. After 33..Ne6 Black had already seized the initiative and was playing for a win. After 34 Rd6 White was lost; better was 34 h4..Nf4 35 Rd2 with decent drawing chances. White completely misjudged this endgame; the black pawns were much faster.

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