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| ThePawnOTron2: This is an absolutely beautiful game by Anand! How did I never hear of this game before? Instead of taking the queen with 32...Qxf8, Anand goes on a mating attack! Definitely going in the favorite games collection! --ThePawnOTron2 |
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| Oct-14-08 |
| Soinne: What's the win for Kd2 at the end? I have no clue... |
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Oct-14-08
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| SetNoEscapeOn: Qd2 Ra2+ and mate next. |
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Oct-14-08
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| Shams: <Soinne> ...Ra2+ and ...Qe2# |
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Oct-25-08
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| notyetagm: 24 ...  e8-c7!!
Wow.
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Nov-10-08
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| OneArmedScissor: IMO, this is one of Anand's greatest games. |
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| Nov-27-08 |
| anandrulez: it is one of the best calculations otb from anand |
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Nov-27-08
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| percyblakeney: Maybe Anand sometimes is underestimated a little bit in the way that some of his good moves are seen as "just preparation", or as GM Sakaev said about 24. ... Nc7: <I sigh in admiration of Anand's computer analyses depth!> |
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| Nov-27-08 |
| hrvyklly: <percyblakeney> I totally agree, people tend to forget that a player of Anand's calibre can actually find good moves OTB. Reminds me of what Short said of his supposed preparation (he did none) when he beat Mamedyarov: <Why do you assume everything is preparation? I had no idea what he was going to play ... Please allow me the possibility of finding good moves by myself at the board.> |
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| Nov-27-08 |
| anandrulez: Yes and Anand is a player who is probably in the all time top 10 list and probably the best rapid player ever - so if he cant find it OTB then perhaps none can . |
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| Nov-27-08 |
| hrvyklly: <anandrulez> It is a tremendous game from Anand (amongst many), and perhaps some people's thinking towards preparation is probably indicative of they own weakness; they can only understand chess with a computer's help. |
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| Nov-27-08 |
| anandrulez: yes this is my point |
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| Dec-10-08 |
| gaatab: after-16:f:e6?! the game would have been much more interesting... |
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| Mar-07-09 |
| JonathanJ: you are kidding, right? i can't imagine how this game could've been ANY more interesting! |
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| Apr-01-09 |
| MarbleSkull: I don't feel like going through 10 pages of text for a simple question, so I'll just post it. Isn't 34 Kb1 perpetual? |
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| Apr-01-09 |
| Udit Narayan: I think Anand can take the queen then try to checkmate if 34. Kb1 |
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Apr-15-09
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| rangek: I see that the the 3 pawns on the B, D, and E files combine into a death trap. d6 pawn: prevents white queen from accessing the critical a3:f8 dark diagonal e4 pawn: prevents white king from escaping to the queen side after 35.. Qb5+ and of course the poisoned b3 pawn also helps to anchor black's queen for the final checkmate if 38. Kb2; if captured the white King gets mated along his 3rd rank by the mutually supporting Rook and queen. I remember a saying, " it's not the pieces, it's the squares" |
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| May-26-09 |
| m0nkee1: I like 15 a4... sort of says come on them... white just doesn't have enought time to get going... |
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Jun-19-09
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| Winter: A stroke of a genius... |
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Aug-12-09
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| LIFE Master AJ: Patzer2 has some annotations of this game.
See also http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.... (I apologize if this link was given before, however, I did not see it.) This gets my vote to go into Anand's "Top-Ten" chess games. |
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Aug-12-09
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| LIFE Master AJ: BTW, I have been doing my homework.
The last few weeks, I have gone over around 150 of Anand's games. (Plus I have many chess books, including at least one on Anand. I have been looking at that as well.) |
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Aug-12-09
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| LIFE Master AJ: Of course I am familair with this game, I saw it right after it came out. Unfortunately, the general consensus of the chess world was that Topalov vs Aronian, 2006 was more brilliant than this game. (I don't agree with that ... both are impressive games. Trying to pick which one is "more brilliant" is like saying rocky road ice cream is better than banana creme swirl. I think its OK to like both, I even resent it when someone tries to force me to choose between games like these.) |
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| Nov-06-09 |
| JonathanJ: black to play, move 24 would make a good doomsday puzzle. |
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