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Viswanathan Anand vs Alexandra Kosteniuk
World Blitz Championship (2009) (blitz), Moscow RUS, rd 26, Nov-17
Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation (D39)  ·  0-1

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Nov-17-09  fromoort: Very nice!
Nov-17-09  shintaro go: Vishy got owned
Nov-17-09  noviant: Now the score is draw 1-1 in the tournament for these present world champions...
Nov-17-09  scrambler: This game has been posted on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmk...

Nov-18-09  Xeroxx: Fun fact:

After 23. Rxd4 it is a forced mate.

Nb3+ 24. axb3 Qa5+ 25. Ra4
Qxe1+ 26. Ka2 Qb1#

Nov-18-09  TheMacMan: nope your wrong, explain to me how black has Qb1#??? lol
Nov-18-09  Xeroxx: <<<<<<<<<<<<<<nope your wrong, explain to me how black has Qb1#??? lol>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

No it is not wrong. Go through it again.

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Nov-19-09  eric the Baptist: Anand let her win.
Nov-19-09  Blaise99a: Lovely game. Looking it over with computer- it seems that Black's 12...e5 and 13.....a6 were excellent choices (you can see her taking her time over them).

White was walked right into the 13 Bc4, then Bf7 combination. According to the computer though, the first error was 15. Bf7 ?!, rather than 15. Nf6!, with fascinating lines to follow, but the Knight take appears to me almost impossible to find, and 'unnatural'. After 15. Bf7 white is at a slight disadvantage, with the necessary need to move the king on 18. kb1 (or 18. Ne5 fe 19. Be7 Qd5!), but then 18...h6 with advantage. So White put the Queen there 18. Qh6, missing 18....Qc8 ! and it was over there. Nice work! I loved the You-tube. -that sort of thing is great for chess, I think.

Nov-19-09  Blaise99a: yes, pity she didn't see the mate in five with 23...Nb3 !! but if I had been up a piece against the world champion, I would be looking to just hold on tight and not screw-up, not looking for mates in five.
Nov-20-09  noviant: After I saw the video, I guessed Anand try to make AK lost on time...AK was in time trouble (in move 23, AK's time around 25s left)...great escape...
Nov-21-09
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  HeMateMe: I was looking at the utube clip. At one point, she has 9 seconds left, with her king exposed, and lotsa white pieces still on the board. Very difficult to not lose on time or blunder in these circimstances. Nice how she won the piece and consolidated. It'd be fun to see this opening against topalov, but not likely.

Next year--a bug house tournament? players draw partners randomly. That would be fun to see.

Mar-08-10  Alfa110: I just watched the video on utube. very nice!Kosteniuk really escaped from losing on time.
Jun-19-11  DrMAL: Blitz may not be "real chess" but it is certainly lots of fun. This game was particularly interesting, champ vs. champ or beauty and the beast? Nice unbalanced position after the opening with minor advantage for white. 14...Na5 instead of castling increased it slightly but then white plays mistake 15.Bxf7 instead of Nxf6+ and black now gets a clear advantage.

18.Qh6 instead of 18.Kb1 was a second mistake that should have been decisive and turned out to be. It does seem indeed Vishy missed the simple check 18...Qc8, wonder what he was looking at? I watched the video on YouTube as well, it's amazing Ms. Scrumptious played so calmly and accurately throughout, especially at this point with only 10 seconds left on her clock!

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