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Jan-21-13
 | | scormus: What a great game, just 23 moves but a very full 23. Certainly nerves of steel required by both players. I'd have gone for "Knight of the hunter." |
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| Jan-21-13 | | polarmis: Wojtaszek analysed the game (in Polish) here: http://anandgelfand.chessbrains.pl/... He was the first to play 12.Ng5 as played by Aronian and afterwards when he analysed it with Anand during preparation for Gelfand they found 12...c5! He points out 13...Ng4!? is a move that isn't initially suggested by the engines and 14.h3! would have been the best reply. After that he's a bit coy about when their home analysis ends, just saying Anand made an impressive series of moves... |
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| Jan-21-13 | | Troller: I a Danish newspaper Nielsen specifically mentions 14.Nxf8 as having been analyzed, and that 15..Bc5 was not part of the preparation. |
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| Jan-21-13 | | NGambit: <polarmis> Thank you for the link (and google for the translation!) |
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| Jan-24-13 | | voyager39: <scormus> While it was the Knight that started it, I think the credit must go to the Bishops! |
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Jan-25-13
 | | beenthere240: You have to love 23...Be3. |
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| Jan-26-13 | | himadri: <Troller> Can you give us a link ? |
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Feb-01-13
 | | cro777: The Move of the Year
Position after 15.exd4
click for larger view15...Bc5!!
"A really amazing move, and a winning one. I guess it might become the move of the year for 2013!" (GM Arkadij Naiditsch) |
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| Feb-01-13 | | tsepwe: Very nice game by Vishy |
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Feb-02-13
 | | morfishine: 13.Bh7+ is superior to 13.Nxh7 |
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Feb-06-13
| | morfishine: Although I believe 13.Bxh7+ is far superior to 13.Nxh7 and could very well have saved White, I too take exception to people who try to discredit Anand, or any GM for that matter, who benefit from 'home prep' What do these misguided people think GM's do in their spare time? Watch soap operas all afternoon? Its called work, which = home prep
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In any case, after <13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.Nce4> Black should avoid <14...cxd4?> which allows White to 'sac' his Queen with <15.Nxd6> after <15...Rxc2 16.Ndf7+ Rxf7 17.Nxf7+ Kxh8 18.Nxd8 Bd5 19.Nf7 Kg6 20.Nd6 a6 21.exd4> White is up 2-pawns plus the exchange:
click for larger view |
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| Feb-26-13 | | voyager39: <morfishine> <What do these misguided people think GM's do in their spare time? Watch soap operas all afternoon? Its called work, which = home prep> Wonderful! I couldn't have expressed it any better. |
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| Feb-26-13 | | voyager39: <morfishine> Incidently, in other sports they call it "Training"! Somebody for a change is working hard for the money he's earning. Reminds me of the good old days. |
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Feb-26-13
| | morfishine: <voyager39> This was a wonderful game by Anand and it bothers me when some try to dismiss such efforts as "home-cooked" preparation. Aronian, to his credit, took it all in stride and didn't seem to be bothered by it; in fact, he finished clear second in the tournament! |
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| Mar-23-13 | | John Abraham: Wonderful game by Vishy!! Never tire of such genius vision and sublime play |
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| Apr-03-13 | | arjunkakar: Sublime!!! |
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| Apr-12-13 | | Rama: I pity the fool... |
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| Apr-14-13 | | bennytakeapawn: bc5!!!wow,,,for(qh4) |
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| Apr-14-13 | | onigorom: 15....Bc5 was part of home preparation as Anand himself has admitted during the internet broadcast on site. He said "believe me there were a lot of variations to calculate" to indicate how complex it was to recall all the moves. 19...f5! was found on the board.
So, basically 5 moves were found on the board, 5 moves were home prep, the rest was existing theory.
Still, exciting game. |
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| Apr-17-13 | | tandob: < onigorom: 15....Bc5 was part of home preparation as Anand himself has admitted during the internet broadcast on site. He said "believe me there were a lot of variations to calculate" >
"believe me there were a lot of variations to calculate" - is not admitting it was home prepared. What Anand did admit was that in home he could not find any holes/issues with Black. He also said it was done a long past, and he forgot almost all of it, except for the confidence that it was sound, if played properly.
And played properly he did. |
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| Apr-17-13 | | voyager39: I think its impossible for even the greatest players to remember every home prep down to checkmate moves. There are so many openings and permutations that it still requires a lot of OTB effort. And even if it was played 100% from memory, it still adds something credible to opening theory (besides earning Anand the Petabyte award from the Global RAM Manufacturer's Association). I remember watching it live on Chessbomb. Houdini analysis on the site had little clue as to what was going on and evaluations were fluctuating quite a bit. Commentator IM Aman Hambleton did guess around move 13 that this seemed like prep. As per Hambleton, Anand took 30 minutes before 15...Bc5 and then a huge crowd gathered around the board as Aronian got into a deep think. None of Houdini's lines on live chess predicted 19...f5 which Anand says he found OTB and was proud of. Houdini was suggesting Kxf8 with -0.56 advantage for Anand and Qf6, Qh4 and Bxc3 with 0, 0.08 and 0.38 respectively in favour of Aronian. It jumped to -2.06 after Anand played f5. Of course I understand that the Houdini depth (varying from 17 to 20) on live broadcats websites is lower, but even that is possibly GM level when you factor in the time element. I think this is one of the best game of 2013 so far. And I liked IM Aman Hambleton's conclusion on Chessbomb live... "This is Anand like we remember him : sharp, accurate and fearless!" |
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| Apr-20-13 | | Tim Delaney: Does anybody else see a resemblance to this gem?
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907 |
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Apr-21-13
 | | pawn to QB4: well, Vishy Anand for one - he managed the difficult feat of pointing out the resemblance, without sounding like he was making too conceited a claim for himself. |
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Apr-21-13
 | | Eyal: "If you like your classics, this is very similar to Rotlewi - Rubinstein" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5vS...). |
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| Apr-23-13 | | Tim Delaney: <eyal> Thanks for the video. I guess it's no surprise that others (especially Anand!) noticed the similarity. |
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sac: 18...Nxg4