Peter Leko vs Viswanathan Anand (2009)

Peter Leko vs Viswanathan Anand
Leko-Anand Rapid Match (2009) · Gruenfeld Defense: Russian. Hungarian Variation (D97) · 1/2-1/2

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Jun-04-09		Kinghunt: Why did they keep playing after 47...Nxb3+?

Jun-04-09		VaselineTopLove: who Leko? He probably thought he could pull off a win or maybe he didn't want his fans to accuse him of not fighting till the end...

Jun-04-09		Udit Narayan: Why does Anand keep playing the Grunfeld Defense? Has he specially prepared this opening for this match?

Jun-04-09		VaselineTopLove: I suppose he had prepared it against Kramnik as a backup since chessbase reported that some of the lines played here, were a specialty of his second GM Ganguly. Also it's been in vogue lately, with many top players playing it, so it just adds another dimension to his preparation against Topalov.

Jun-05-09		Kinghunt: But they play 10 moves of 2B v. B+P. Did Leko seriously think he had any chance whatsoever of winning?

Jun-05-09		Udit Narayan: I noticed during the last couple moves Anand kept looking up at Leko after making a move, puzzled as to why Leko kept playing on. This appears to be a habit of Anand's, as I have seen him doing it when he has an obviously won position (end of game 2) or the position is objectively drawn (last few moves of this game).

Jun-05-09		Hesam7: Leko emerged with a neat advantage from the opening and later missed a very good chance to consolidate it. Here is chessbase's commentary: <28.Qh6 Bc6 (28...Qe4 29.Qh7+ Ng7 30.Bd2! ) 29.Qh8 Ng7 30.Qc8 Nf5 31.Bb4 >

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