Anish Giri vs Peter Heine Nielsen (2010)

Anish Giri vs Peter Heine Nielsen
Rising Stars vs Experience (2010) · Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation. Original Defense (D78) · 1-0

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Aug-16-10		Marmot PFL: White refutes the pawn sac. Black looked fine if 13...cd4.

Aug-16-10		crazybird: <Anish Giri had more or less expected Peter Heine Nielsen to play another opening that his boss Vishy Anand used in the recent World Championship match and indeed he did. This time Nielsen went for a Grünfeld and Giri opted for a set-up with g3. With 8…c5, the Danish GM played the most critical line, but he got into trouble when he mixed up the moves. After 13…cxd4 14.exd4 Be6, Black is fine, but after the immediate 13…Be6 White won a pawn. However, Black had some compensation for this material loss, particularly because White also used up a lot of time. When he was asked after the game if he hadn’t been bothered by the fact that he was half an hour behind on the clock at a certain point, Giri quipped, ‘I’d rather have an extra pawn than an extra half hour.’ In the end it was Nielsen’s time-trouble that decided the game. With a few inaccuracies Giri had spoiled most of his advantage and with 35…Ba6 Nielsen would have been very close to a draw, but down to about a minute he erred with 35…Rc4 and soon he lost his queen and his position collapsed> Source: NHChess.com

Aug-16-10		James Bowman: Anish is maturing rather quickly his all around soundness bodes well for his chess career. He seems to mix tactical awareness with positional understanding better than all but a few. His live commentary is some of the best also.

Aug-17-10		Whitehat1963: Wait five years, and we might see 38. Qd8+ as a Tuesday or Wednesday puzzle solution.

Aug-18-10		Dr. Funkenstein: 37. Rc1?? It's pretty rare to see a 2700 get a little too clever with the attempted deflection of the rook. Clearly time trouble was a factor, but it's comforting to know that super GM's can make these kinds of mistakes too.

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