Viswanathan Anand vs Teimour Radjabov (2007)

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Viswanathan Anand vs Teimour Radjabov
Corus Group A (2007), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 7, Jan-20
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov Variation Chelyabinsk Variation (B33) · 1/2-1/2

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Jan-20-07		Marmot PFL: Probably they will draw soon then we can watch Topalov try to finish off ponomariov.

Jan-20-07		mig55: Qf7 and it looks like a draw

Jan-20-07		chessic eric: <Marmot> I've been watching - and its exciting. The whole board is on the f, g, and h files...

Jan-20-07		Mateo: The way Anand is playing this game makes me think to my cat. He catches a mouse. Then he plays with it and at some point the mouse escapes.

Jan-20-07		TheSlid: 40...Qf7 looks drawish alright

Jan-20-07		madlydeeply: now that the good N v Bad Bishop has been resolved looks like a draw But hey these geniuses always have something up their sleeves

Jan-20-07		chessic eric: its time that Radjabov closed the 7th rank with 42...Rf7

Jan-20-07		Eyal: <Mateo: The way Anand is playing this game makes me think to my cat. He catches a mouse. Then he plays with it and at some point the mouse escapes.> Sounds like an exceptionally nice cat... (or just incompetent?)

Jan-20-07		chessic eric: <madlydeeply: Rd7 h5 Re7 wins a pawn?> I'm confused... 43.Rd7,h5? loses a rook

Jan-20-07		SCUBA diver: Now Anand thinks maybe I should have taken the pawn earlier. .......

Jan-20-07		mig55: Good that you removed that Rd7 kibitz:-)

Jan-20-07		Marmot PFL: They all do that, but usually catch them later if they are patient, and don't fall asleep.

Jan-20-07		tvasudeva: I think 34 Rcc1 was the mistake from Anand. he could have moved Nf7 and be ahead by a pawn.

Jan-20-07		Mateo: Eyal: <Mateo: The way Anand is playing this game makes me think to my cat. He catches a mouse. Then he plays with it and at some point the mouse escapes.> Sounds like an exceptionally nice cat... (or just incompetent?)> No, I am just too generous with him when I give him food. He is not hungry!

Jan-20-07		jmelton: 37.Nc4 would have been much better than what Anand played according to Rybka. 37...Rc2 38.Qd6 Kg8 39.Rxc2 Qxc2 40.Nxe5 Bxe5 41.Qe6+ and 42.Qxe5 +1.04 37...Ra2 38.Rb1 Qc2 39.Rg1 Ra8 40.Rb7 Rae8 41.Qd5 Qa2 42.h3 Rd8 43.Qb5 a) 43...Rfe8 44.Qb6 and 45.Qb7 +2.75 b) 43...Rde8 44.Rd1 Qe2 45.Qd5 Qa2 46.Kh2 Qc2 47.Rdb1 h5 48.Nd6 Re7 49.Rb8 Bg7 50.Rxf8+ Bxf8 51.Rb8 Kg7 52.Ne8+ +2.68 (and that's if Black sacs the exchange; otherwise he gets mated quite soon) c) 43...Bg7 44.Nxe5 Qe6 45.Nd7 Re8 46.Rd1 Qe7 47.Kh2 Rc8 48.Ra7 Qf7 49.Qb7 Qe7 50.Qd5 Qh4 51.Nc5 +1.23

Jan-20-07		artemis: can we please switch to topalov ponomariov?

Jan-20-07		Eyal: <tvasudeva: I think 34 Rcc1 was the mistake from Anand. he could have moved Nf7 and be ahead by a pawn.> I think 34.Rcc1 was a good decision, but 36.Qd7 rather than Nc4! spoiled his winning chances.

Jan-20-07		nintenchess: official site says draw

Jan-20-07		boz: Have there been any decisive games today?

Jan-20-07		jmelton: <tvasudeva: I think 34 Rcc1 was the mistake from Anand. he could have moved Nf7 and be ahead by a pawn.> Anand could have won the pawn any time he wanted. What he played was correct up until he missed 37.Nc4 (see the earlier analysis by Rybka I posted) which, if followed up correctly, would almost certainly have won the game for him.

Jan-20-07		chessic eric: <boz> not yet, but 4 still in progress, and Topalov looks promising

Jan-20-07		jmelton: Sorry, in my earlier analysis Nc4 was the 36th move, not the 37th. Arena doesn't give move numbers, at least not that I've been able to figure out yet.

Jan-20-07		percyblakeney: This should be the sixth "long" game between Anand and Radjabov. The other five were played in 2003, and the score is even at +1 -1 =4 (Radjabov has had black in four of the games).

Jan-20-07		Ulhumbrus: Instead of 33 Rc5, 33 Qxb3 Qxa5 34 h3 may lead to a win.

Jan-20-07		Eyal: <Ulhumbrus: Instead of 33 Rc5, 33 Qxb3 Qxa5 34 h3 may lead to a win.> After 34...Qc7 (to counter Qe6 with Qe7), I don't see how this is better then what Anand actually played. 33.Rc5 followed by 34.Rcc1 were good moves, and 36.Nc4! (rather than the second-rate 36.Qd7) would probably have won. Black could improve on 34...Rb2, though, by 34...Rb4 (35.Qe6 Rd4) or 34...Ra3 (35.Qe6 Qb3 36.Qd7 [36.Nc4 Ra4] Raa8 37.Rb1 Rad8 38.Qxh7+ Kxh7 39.Rxb3; this is not easy to win for white).

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