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| Nov-10-09 | | Landman: Maybe the Semi-Slav is a forced loss. ;P |
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| Nov-10-09 | | Eyal: Looking at this game, I couldn't help thinking of some posts made recently by <parisattack>: <Sadly (IMHO) most of the elite are strongly tied to their computers […] Look how deep they've gone into the Semi-Slav. And, notice how many of the positions are 'irrational' - indicating to me the computer 'best move' influence […] Computer analysis seems to drive much of the opening decisions. There are a lot more 'irrational' positions now after 15 or 20 moves, indicating Rybka found a shot at move 18.> Seems we have here a perfect example of this:-) The shot Rybka found was at move 22… They followed the line played at Radjabov vs Anand, 2006 and Kramnik vs Aronian, 2008, where Kramnik improved on White's game with 25.Nc3!; Leko probably had some improvement in mind, but Anand deviated first with <22.Nxd4> (instead of b4). The basic idea seems to be similar in both cases – giving back the piece in return for clearing up Black's pawn ma(e)ss in the center, and taking advantage of the exposed position of Black's king, as well as the better coordination of White's pieces. <29.Qd5!> ("seems Anand has penetrated very deeply into the position, at a depth at which fishes floating at the surface do not stare" – Zagrebelny at chesspro http://www.google.com/translate?hl=... ; 29...Rd8 30.Qc5 Rc8 31.Qa7+) and <30.h3!> (preventing back rank mate threats by Black, as well as …g4; creating the threat of Ra7+ and Rf7) are excellent moves. Would taking immediately the pawn offered by 34…Qe5 - 35.Rxh6+ Kg7 36.Rd6 Rf6 37.Rxf6 Qxf6 38.Qxf6+ Kxf6 39.Kf1 Ke5 40.Ke1 Kd4 41.Kd2 have given Black drawing chances with his active king? I'm not sure, but anyway <35.Bg6!> leads to a knockout finish. <Rd5-Qa5-h4> on moves 40-42, to end the game in the quickest way possible, is also a nice touch. Overall, super-deep prep and perfect tactical execution by Anand. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | lentil: If I had any idea what was happening, I would be at least an IM. Basic assessment, though: momentum is more important than mass. (Threats > material). I may spend a few years analyzing this one. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | Rachit: Okie this one game felt like fishing with a dozen Salt water crocs. Bravo Anand !! this one is a masterpiece |
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| Nov-10-09 | | cade: Some of the moves in this game confuse me... Someone needs to analyse it with rybka. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | Ulhumbrus: After 31 Qxb5 material is even but Black's King is exposed badly to attack. After 38 Qxd2 White has won a pawn and Black's King is exposed still worse to attack. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | yalie: <Eyal" The shot Rybka found was at move 22…> checked with Rybka maybe, but Rybka does not recommend Nxd4 even at great depth <Eyal>. so kinda wrong to say "shot Rybka found". |
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| Nov-10-09 | | messachess: This follows Bacrot vs Aronian, 2009 until move 17. FYI. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | messachess: Amazing how Anand makes this look easy. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | Ulhumbrus: On 23..Qd5 24 Re7+ Kf6 ( on 24...Kh8 25 Bf3 skewers Black's Queen to Black's bishop on b7) 25 Rxb7! Qxb7 26 Qxd4+ Kf5 ( On 26...Ke7 27 Re1+ Qe5 28 Rxe4 is mate) 27 Re1! threatens 27 Qe5 mate. On 27...Qc7 28 Qe4+ Kf6 29 Qg6 is mate. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | parisattack: Simply awesome play by Anand! I've played it over four times and I still can't get over how smooth it all went for White...Will be interesting to see some in-depth analysis. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | Jaideepblue: Anand on 22. Nxd4!
"Kasimdzhanov deserves credit for the Nxd4 move. It all comes down to the opening. If you know the knight idea you can hold it, but I think it's almost impossible for Black to solve it at the board." (Courtesy: Chessvibes) |
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| Nov-10-09 | | SamAtoms1980: Astonishing how Anand simply crushes his prey with remarkably little trouble, much like Rudyard Kipling's Kaa. This one is vintage Anand. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | GreenFacedPatzer: Far too deep a game for me.
Around move 20, I thought "Black is in great shape." That mass of pawns bearing down on the queenside---5 pawns vs 2!--- looks like an overwhelming asset. More than compensation for the piece. But by move 28, somehow White has gobbled up and scattered black's queenside pawn-mass, and seized control of the board. Going through the moves again, I _still_ don't understand how that happened. Anand, of course, needs to have forseen all of this by around move 18. Simply incredible. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | Ulhumbrus: <GreenFacedPatzer: Far too deep a game for me. Around move 20, I thought "Black is in great shape." That mass of pawns bearing down on the queenside---5 pawns vs 2!--- looks like an overwhelming asset. More than compensation for the piece.
But by move 28, somehow White has gobbled up and scattered black's queenside pawn-mass, and seized control of the board. Going through the moves again, I _still_ don't understand how that happened. Anand, of course, needs to have forseen all of this by around move 18. Simply incredible.> Here is a part of the explanation. The move 23 Re6 induces the withdrawal 23...Bc8. This disconnects Black's Queen's Rook. The result of this is that when White plays 25 axb5, Black's a6 pawn is pinned and cannot racapture on b5. Because of that the c4 pawn remains without its defender and following the fork Qc2+ the c4 pawn falls as well. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | Eyal: Anand reviewes the game - in English - at http://video.russiachess.org/browse... (starting from 18:05:00 for about 8 minutes, but the sound quality is simply terrible). From what I understood, he thinks <23...Rf6> should suffice for Black to draw, but 23...Bc8 may already be a decisive mistake - just one move after the game really started with 22.Nxd4! Rybka, btw, also points to Bc8 as a serious mistake (http://chessok.com/broadcast?key=ta...). |
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| Nov-10-09 | | Ulhumbrus: On 23...Rf6 24 Qe1 threatens Qe5. Then on 24...Rxe6 25 Qxe6 Black lacks any way to cover the point g6. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | Eyal: <On 23...Rf6 24 Qe1 threatens Qe5. Then on 24...Rxe6 25 Qxe6 Black lacks any way to cover the point g6.> To quote again from the same source, 23...Rf6 24.Qe1 Bd5! [now that the white queen doesn't target d4] 25.Re7+ Kg8 26.axb5 Qd6! [of course not 26...axb5?? 27.Rxa8 and Re8+] with equal chances. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | KamikazeAttack: For me as far as opening knowledge and readiness goes, Vishy ANAND is the undisputed #1. He is charged up to his eye balls right now. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | Hesam7: @ Eyal
Can't black improve on move 30? I remember engines disliking 30. ... Kh8. Also I remember 27. Qe1 as a serious candidate instead of 27. Qc2. It would be amazing if Black is simply lost after 23. ... Bc8, it shows how deep our knowledge of openings has become. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | Ulhumbrus: <<On 23...Rf6 24 Qe1 threatens Qe5. Then on 24...Rxe6 25 Qxe6 Black lacks any way to cover the point g6.> To quote again from the same source, 23...Rf6 24.Qe1 Bd5! [now that the white queen doesn't target d4] 25.Re7+ Kg8 26.axb5 Qd6! [of course not 26...axb5?? 27.Rxa8 and Re8+] with equal chances.> On 23...Rf6 24 Qe1 Bd5 25 Re7+ Kg8 26 Re8+ wins Black's Queen but on 26...Qxe8 27 Bxe8 Re6 Black has considerable compensation. This warrants looking at further. |
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Nov-10-09
 | | HeMateMe: He is the 40 year old guy that Danailov says 'doesn't play with energy anymore.' Well, if you have analysed well enough before a game, and i think Vishy has this worked out almost to the final position, then who needs to play a lot of tournaments? he seems to get very nice results with his 'home cooking.' |
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Nov-10-09
 | | tpstar: The strong Bh5 is remarkably similar to Kasimdzhanov vs Anand, 2005 Kudos to Leko for going down this sharp road, but Anand was thoroughly prepared and convincingly won. <ANAND is the undisputed #1>. Agreed. And to think only yesterday people were questioning his motivation. |
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| Nov-10-09 | | Ulhumbrus: On 23...Rf6 24 Qe1 Bd5 25 Re7+ Kg8 26 axb5 Qd6 27 Bg4 prevents ...Re6 and threatens 28 Rd7 followed by 29 Qe5 if Black does nothing to prevent it eg 27...d3 28 Rd7 Qc5 29 Qe5 |
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Nov-10-09
 | | Jimfromprovidence: <Hesam7> <Can't black improve on move 30? I remember engines disliking 30. ... Kh8.> I didn't like 30...Kh8 either. If he was worried about 31 Ra7+, then 30...Rc7 looks better. 
click for larger viewIf he was concerned about 31 Ra6, then 30...Rc7 is still good. After 31 Ra6, then 31...Qxa6 32 Qxf5+ Kg8, which looks like a perpetual. 
click for larger viewAfter 30...Rc7 31 Ra8 (threatening 32 Qg8#) 31...Be6. 
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sac: 22.Nxd4