Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen (2010)

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Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen
London Chess Classic (2010), London ENG, rd 3, Dec-10
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Breyer Defense Zaitsev Hybrid (C95) · 1-0

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Dec-12-10		anandrulez: Vishy in the press conf said Bxc4 was unpleasant for black and that was a wrong judgment apparently . Any idea why he had such illusions .

Dec-12-10		Eyal: Anand was probably thinking of something along the lines of 21.Bxc4 Bxb4 22.Bxd4 (22.Nxd4? Bxd2 and the bishop on c4 is under attack) 22...a5 (22...Nxd5? 23.Qb3; 22...Bxd5 loses the pawn on a6) 23.Qb3 - and while this might be more or less equal, White has considerably less prospects for an attack than in the game (especially his knights are less well-coordinated with the other pieces). With 21.Nxc4 and the pawn sac he took a risk, but he also got more attacking chances in case Black doesn't play completely accurately - which is indeed what happened.

Dec-12-10		Eyal: <Hesam7> Yes, it's a well-known problem that our opponents refuse to play the "correct" lines against us... Btw, as far as the opening stage goes, Carlsen has indeed been consistently getting good positions in this Breyer line lately (in all the three games with Anand, as well as in the game with Shirov from Bilbao). The only one who managed to get an advantage against him is Gashimov, with the older 13.Nf1 line.

Dec-12-10		anandrulez: Eyal : It surprises me that Vishy went for a speculative attack instaed of a disaster control bxc4 which would have given a slightly inferior game for white !

Dec-12-10		Hesam7: <Eyal: <Hesam7> Yes, it's a well-known problem that our opponents refuse to play the "correct" lines against us...> Well I would not say the "correct lines" but rather "main lines". That was basically the reason I stopped playing 1. ... e5 and started playing 1. ... c5 instead.

Dec-13-10		Chess Network: London Chess Classic 2010 - Vishy Anand vs Magnus Carlsen VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MDW...

Dec-14-10		sevenseaman: Had Anand not missed the 33. Rf7 continuation, it would have shortened the conclusion quite a lot but it will still be easy to see McShane vs Carlsen game is more deserving of a brilliancy prize if it comes to comparisons.

Dec-14-10		anandrulez: Indeed sevenseaman , this game had some errors exchanged early on and Vishy was not sharp enough . McShane was brutally sharp vs Magnus and won a good white game .

Dec-15-10		SufferingBruin: 1000 rating, trying to get better. 27... Bxd6 can't happen because after 28. Qxd6 the a-pawn crawls up into the fetal position, preparing death. Right? /shrugs meekly, humbly, waits for reply... :)

Dec-16-10		perfidious: <SufferingBruin> Your move 27....Bxd6 leaves the square g7 unprotected and White mates there.

Dec-17-10		waustad: Lubosh Kavalek annotes this here: feed://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/index.php?a- uthor=lubomir-kavalek That's an RSS feed, but you can probably find it by looking up Kavalek on huffingtonpost.com

Dec-25-10		Eyal: There's a video of Anand going over this game (during the Euwe 75 years World Champion memorial day in Amsterdam) in http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/c.... It doesn't add much to what Anand already said after the game in London, but at least two points become clearer: - On move 21 he went for the pawn sac with Nxc4 rather than for Bxc4 because he thought the latter is just worse for White after 21...Bxb4 22.Qb3 a5 23.Bxd4 Qd8 with the idea of playing ...Nc5 and winning the d5 pawn; only after the game he realized that 24.d6, with pressure on f7, should make it more-or-less equal. - What he missed while calculating 33.Rf7 was 33...Qc8 34.Qe7 Rxb2 35.Rxg7 Qc1+ 36.Kh2 Qf4+ 37.Rg3! and the rook both stops Black's attack and keeps the deadly mate threats of White.

Dec-28-10		anandrulez: Thanks Eyal . Its worth poiting out that most reports even Chessbase.com said that bxc4 was an easy drawing move and claims that Vishy just goes for complication instaed . However its clear Vishy didnt go for a complex middle game but rather had to play nxc4 to keep his chances and also save the game !So Vishy has to work on his opening and its not clear what is the improvement as after Rc8 d5 black is just better .It wont be long before they discuss the line in Corus anyway ...

Jan-16-11		smarlny: What's wrong with 33 ... Qxa3 34. Rd8+ Bf8 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ etc.? Doesn't White get a perpetual check at best?

Jan-16-11		Sastre: If 33...Qxa3, 34.Rd8+ Bf8 35.Qxf6+ Kg8 36.Qe6+ Kh8 37.Qf7 is winning for White.

Jan-16-11		smarlny: 37. Qf7 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 Qc5+ 39. Kf3 Qa3+ leads to a rook versus bishop ending that appears drawn, at least according to my computer engine

Jan-16-11		Sastre: <smarlny: 37. Qf7 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 Qc5+ 39. Kf3 Qa3+ leads to a rook versus bishop ending that appears drawn, at least according to my computer engine> After 37.Qf7 Rxf2 38.Kxf2 Qc5+ 39.Kf3 Qa3+, Houdini 1.5 suggests <40.Kg4 Qb4+ 41.Kh5 Qb5+ 42.Rd5 Qe2+ 43.g4 Qe7 44.Qxe7 Bxe7 45.Kxh6 Bf8+ 46.Kg5> (+10.25/d=23). What line does your engine suggest after 39...Qa3+?

Mar-04-12		Savarkar 22: 34.Queen takes pawn on a6.........after that how about Ra2 for black......?

Apr-01-13		birthtimes: 24. ... Nc5 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Qf5 Qe4 27. Nxf7+ Kg8 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Nfe5 Bc5 30. Ne3 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Rc2 32. Rd1 h6 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Bd4 Ng5 35. Nd7 Kg6 36. Ne5+ Kh5 37. g3 Nxh3+ 38. Kf1 Ng5 39. Rd7 Bg2+ 40. Ke1 Ne6 41. Ra7 Ra2 and Black is up a pawn with at least a draw and decent winning chances due to its outside passed pawn.

Jun-11-13		AsosLight: I consider this the best game, in terms of quality, ever played by Anand.

Oct-21-13		iamsheaf: <I consider this the best game, in terms of quality, ever played by Anand.> I consider it the worst comment ever posted at Chessgames.com ;-)

Dec-01-23		Messiah: I cannot even begin to visualize how hard did he CRY after this horrible fiasco. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Dec-01-23		chancho: If he did cry, it was only temporary. He won the tournament.

Dec-01-23		perfidious: This game is Carlsen, as it were, playing against himself.

Dec-05-23		fredthebear: Nonsense. That's disrespectful of the world champion Viswanathan Anand. Carlsen had to defend against the Spanish Game of Viswanathan Anand. Jerry's video analysis game link still works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MD...

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