Anish Giri vs Richard Rapport (2009)

Anish Giri vs Richard Rapport
European Club Cup (2009) · Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) · 1-0

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May-25-10		4tmac: Benoni :)

Nov-29-10		elohah: Notes... 7 ! 10 ! 16 Plus for White 24 ! 32 ! 32 ... Qxd5 33 Nxd4 Qxd4 34 Qe7! 32 ... Nxd5 33 Nxd4 cxd4 34 Qd2! 33... a seven move proof follows 33...Bd4 here, tho the parenthesed variation with 37...Nf8 is still a bit troubling) 33...Bxd4 34 Nxd4 cxd4 35 Qc2! Bd7 (box) 36 Bxd7! Nxd7 37 Qc8+ Kg7 ( 37...Nf8 38 Qc4 Qg7 39 Bf2; but 38...Ng6! is the problem here) 38 Qxb7 d3 (38...Nc5 39 Qc6! Qf8 [ 39...d3 40 Qxd6 d2 41 Qe5+] 40 Bf2 d3 41 Bxc5!) 39 Qc6! Nc5 40 Qxd6. If 33...Qh5 34 Bf2

Nov-29-10		elohah: 33...! 34 ! 36...! - tho just failing, a nice try. 43 ! Good Chess by Giri!

Nov-29-10		goldenbear: In my opinion, Carlsen better hurry up and become World Champion before Giri does.

Nov-30-10		elohah: Mistakes... - enRAGEing mistakes have been made in the seven move proof, because 38...Ng6! is indeed a bust. Why are we attracted to 35 Qc2? necessarily? Because it is a FORCING move (Hertan). It isn't good enuf. No improvement on it is 35 Qd3 Nxd5; Black is just a pawn up. All right, remove the exclam for White's move 32. That's first off. 33... Yes! Here is where Robert Rapport ( 2440) could have played 33...Bd4! - a move which would have EQUALIZED the game and drawn. He instead played the fancy 33...Qg7? and LOST. Let's comb thru 35 Qc2? ONE more time, removing the parentheses on 38...Ng6! - since it will be the MAIN variation: 33...Bd4! 34 Nxd4 cxd4 35 Qc2? Bd7 36 Bxd7 Nxd7 37 Qc8+ Nf8! 38 Qc4 Ng6! 39 Bg3 Qg7 40 Qb4! d3! 41 Bf2 Qf7! 42 Qd4 Ne7! with BLACK better! - he will be up a pawn.

Nov-30-10		elohah: We now must comb back thru the GAME and find where Anish Giri ( 2552) FUMBLED THE BALL to allow this, since he was clearly better thru move 27. The error is not hard to find: 29...Re8 30 Bh4? 'What's this?' (Bobby) What Anish Giri should have played: 30 Rxe8! Qxe8 31 Qc2! Qf7 32 Bd3! Nf6 (32...Bxc3 33 bxc3 Qxd5 34 Bxf5 - plus) 33 Bxf5 Bxf5 34 Qxf5 Bxc3 35 bxc3 Nxd5 and now... and now?? 36 Qg5+! will forcibly remove the d6 pawn, remaining with an advantage - the same advantage he already had. Final question: How should White proceed had Black played the correct 33...Bd4! After: 34 Nxd4 cxd4 Both 35 Qc2? and 35 Qd3? failed. The ONLY way now is ... Yes? 35 Bxf6! Qxf6 36 Qc2! Qd8! 37 Qc4 recovering the pawn. But after 37...Bd7! 38 Bxd7 Qxd7 39 Qxd4 It's only equality.

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