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Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand
Glitnir Blitz (2006) (blitz), Reykjavik ISL, rd 5, Mar-16
Benko Gambit: Accepted. Fianchetto Variation (A58)  ·  1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
May-12-08  Xaurus: Second game vs Anand of the Glitnir Blitz tournament 2006 where Magnus won overall
May-22-08  braimondi: lol i dont believe Anand was checkmated :O
Sep-05-08  saad: checkmated
Jun-04-13  Snehalshekatkar: Hehehe.. I didn't see initially that this is blitz game! And moreover.. how come Anand didn't resign!
Nov-07-13  zavariz: Excellent Carlsen.
The advantage gained in opening was Key.
May-29-16  cormier:


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d 30 houdini:

1. (0.48): 45...Reb4 46.Rc7 Kg7 47.Rxe7+ Kh6 48.Bg2 Rh4+ 49.Kg3 Rh5 50.Rff7 Rg5+ 51.Kh2 Rh5+ 52.Bh3 Rb2+ 53.Kg3 Rb3+ 54.Kg2 Rb2+ 55.Kf1 Rxb6 56.Rxh7+ Kg5 57.Rxh5+ gxh5 58.Re6 Kf4 59.Bg2 Kg3 60.Rg6+ Kf4 61.Rf6+ Ke3 62.Kg1 Kd4 63.Re6 Kc5 64.Kh2 Rb3 65.Bh1 Rd3 66.Re7 Kd4 67.Rd7 e4 68.Rxd6 e3 69.Re6

2. (0.59): 45...Rh4 46.Kg3 Rhb4 47.Bc8 Rxb6 48.Be6+ Kg7 49.Rf7+ Kh6 50.Rxb6 Rxb6 51.Rxe7 Rb3+ 52.Kf2 Rb2+ 53.Ke3 Rb3+ 54.Ke4 Rb4+ 55.Kd3 e4+ 56.Ke3 Kg5 57.Rxh7 Kf6 58.Rh6 Ke5 59.Rxg6 Rb3+ 60.Ke2 Rb2+ 61.Kf1 Kd4 62.Rg4 Ke3 63.Rg3+ Kd4 64.Rg2 Rxg2 65.Kxg2 Kd3 66.Kf2 e3+ 67.Kf1 e2+ 68.Ke1 Ke3 69.Bg8 Kd3 70.Bf7 Ke3 71.Be6 Kf3 72.Bf5 Ke3 73.Bh3 Kf3 74.Bd7 Ke4 75.Bc6 Ke3

May-29-16  cormier:


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Analysis by Houdini d 30:

1. (4.24): 34...Be2 35.Ra1 Bd3 36.f3 Be2 37.f4 g5 38.fxe5 dxe5 39.Re6 Ra8 40.Na3 Rc7 41.Kf2 Bd3 42.Rd1 Rc3 43.Nb1 Rc2+ 44.Rd2 Rxa4 45.Rxc2 Bxc2 46.Nd2 Kf8 47.Rxe5 h6 48.Bf1 Ra2 49.Bc4 Bb3 50.Bxb3 Rxd2+ 51.Ke3 Rg2 52.Kf3 Rb2 53.Bc4 Rb6 54.Ke3 Ke8 55.Kd4 Kf8 56.Be2 Rb3 57.Re6 Rxg3 58.Rxh6 Rg2 59.Bf1 Rg1

2. (4.95): 34...Re8 35.a5 Ra2 36.a6 Rf8 37.f3 Bc8 38.Nc7 h5 39.Rf2 Ra1+ 40.Bf1 Kh7 41.Rb8 Rg8 42.Rfb2 g5 43.Rb1 Ra3 44.Kf2 g4 45.fxg4 hxg4 46.Be2 Kg7 47.R1b3 Ra1 48.Ke3 Kf6 49.Rb1 Ra3+ 50.R8b3 Ra2

May-29-16  cormier:


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Analysis by Houdini d 20

31.Ra7 Rc7 32.a5 Rxa7 33.Qxa7 Kf7 34.a6 Bg4 35.Qe3 Qa5 36.a7 Ra8 37.Bf3 Qxa7 38.Qxa7 Rxa7 39.Bxg4 Ra3 40.Nb5 Ra4 41.f3 Kf6 42.Be6 h5 43.Kg2 Ra2+ 44.Kh3 Rf2 45.Rb3 Kg5 46.Ra3 Rb2 47.Nc7 (7.05) Depth: 19/66 00:00:43 61141kN

May-29-16  cormier:


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Analysis by Houdini d 22

23...Bg4 24.Na2 Nxa2 25.Rxa2 Bxf3 26.Bxf3 Nd7 27.Bg4 Qb7 28.Bxd7 Qxd7 29.Kg2 Ra7 30.Ra3 Rfa8 31.a5 Qb5 32.Rea1 h5 33.f4 Rf8 34.f5 Rfa8 35.fxg6 fxg6 36.R3a2 Qxb3 37.Qh6 e5 38.Qxg6+ Rg7 = (0.05) Depth: 22/64 00:01:05 91038kN

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