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Gata Kamsky vs Viswanathan Anand
Kamsky - Anand Candidates Semifinal (1994), Sanghi Nagar IND, rd 8, Aug-05
Russian Game: Classical Attack. Jaenisch Variation (C42)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Apr-28-24
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  offramp: Game 8, the last game in normal time.

Kamsky had White and played a very good move. He gave Anand sudden problems...


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23. d5!
After that, Anand has the chance of gaining a big plus and even possibly winning the game and the match: Anand could have played 23...Bxc3. That is bloody complicated.

But after 23. d5 Anand had to analyse 23...cxd5.


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Anand had to think about the possibility of giving up his queen: 24. Nxd5 Kg7
25. Red1 Rc5
26. Nxb6 axb6
27. Rxd8 Rxd8.


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That looks level.

After 23. d5 Anand had to consider also the moves 23....Kg7, 23...Re8, 23...Bg7 or 23...Qd6; they are all reasonable and have to be checked out.
Kamsky is very wily!

After 23. d5!, in this difficult position, Anand played 23...Bg5!


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Well played!

The two players showed the real masters' hand.

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