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| Nov-14-09 | | Hovik2009: <These winning moves for black were fairly simple to find.>?? <whatthefat: I liked the manoeuvre ...Qg5-f6-f3. Very imaginative play to take advantage of Anand's opening error.> I see whatthefat you starting to think like grandmasters, there where plenty of good moves to make after white's openning inaccuracy of 12.b3?, but exactly this queen sortie is hallmark of a grandmaster's style and conduct and very hard to find over the board play. |
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| Nov-14-09 | | Eyal: <Can somebody explain me Anand`s 20th and 21st moves?> I've already done it in a previous post - he can't just sit still and do nothing, since Black would crash through with d4 (20.Rd1 wouldn't help - 20...d4 21.Qc4+ Kg6 22.Rxd4 [or 22.Qxb4 dxc3 with a mate threat on d1] Rxe3+! 23.fxe3 Qxe3+ 24.Kf1 Qf3+ 25.Ke1 Re8+ 26. Kd2 Qe3+ 27. Kc2 Bf5+ etc.) - so he's trying to activate the rook. |
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| Nov-14-09 | | TheSlid: Thanks <Eyal>, d4 is indeed unpleasant. I have a chess engine (Fritz), but use it even more rarely than I visit the site here these days. This has been a great tournament and I have sort of followed the results on a daily basis. Good to see that there are still some helpful, tolerant and expert kibbitzers using the site. Thanks, again. |
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| Nov-14-09 | | Hovik2009: I think Aronian's main concern after moving his queen by 13...Qg5! was Anand"s possible knight sac on d5 (Nxd5 cxd5, Qxd5+ and black rook vanishes) so if you notice even if Anand didn't play 14.g3 to sac the pawn after 14...Qxg2 queen still has an eye on d5 square, and even ...Qf6 was played partly to pin the knight and prevent it from playing Nxd5!? |
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| Nov-14-09 | | Ulhumbrus: Anand could have forgotten in a moment of chess blindness that after 12 b3 Nxd3+ 12 Qxd4 Qg5 his Queen could no longer go to f3 and so defend the g2 pawn and support the advance e4. Perhaps Anand will reveal the reason himself sometime. |
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| Nov-14-09 | | FlashinthePan: What do engines give as best move 12 for White? |
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Nov-14-09
 | | kamalakanta: A World Champion is he who wins after passing through all tests; Candidate's Matches, and finally World Championship match. Geller had a plus score against Fischer, but that did not mean he was better than Fischer, or that he was the best player on the planet. Geller lost to Spassky in Candidate's matches, while Fischer was able to beat Spassky. Aronian has a great score against Anand, but he has to prove that he can beat everyone else, and get to the finals (a World Championship match) before he can claim the crown. |
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| Nov-14-09 | | sheaf: Very rarely does it happen that, a WC makes a decisive blunder right out of the opening..in this game the the novelty 12.b3 could very well be a decisive blunder..Although 18.Rc1 was awful.. I am not concerned about these games or tournaments, I want vishy to punish an evil...i.e Danailov+Topalov..that is a must these two (in partnership) don't deserve to be a world champion not just for chess reasons.. |
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| Nov-14-09 | | notyetagm: 13 ... ?
click for larger view13 ... ♕d8-g5!
click for larger view<Ulhumbrus: ... The move 13...Qg5! attacks the g2 pawn whereupon 14 Qf1 or 14 Rg1 delay White's development, while 14 g3 weakens the white squares.> Yes, 13 ... ♕d8-g5! is the kind of good chess move that tactics books don't teach you. 13 ... ♕d8-g5! <FORCES WHITE TO WEAKEN HIS POSITION> to meet the threat of 14 ... ♕g5xg2. 14 g2-g3
click for larger viewAnand's response, 14 g2-g3, -tremendously- weakened his <KINGSIDE LIGHT SQUARES>. And the result of these <WEAK LIGHT SQUARES>? 15 ... ♕f6-f3, 16 ... ♗c8-g4 and Anand is *humiliated*. 16 ... ♗c8-g4 
click for larger view13 ... ♕d8-g5!
<*FORCE* YOUR OPPONENT TO WEAKEN HIS POSITION> <*FORCE* YOUR OPPONENT TO MAKE WEAKENING PAWN MOVES> |
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| Nov-14-09 | | veigaman: <Aronian has a great score against Anand, but he has to prove that he can beat everyone else> he has showed lot of times <get to the finals (a World Championship match) before he can claim the crown> fide organization doesnt help too much I like aronian chess approach: fresh, creative, witty, spontaneous and natural. |
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| Nov-14-09 | | veigaman: it looks bad to me 10. e6??? if anyone can evaluate this move, i would appreciate it. What about 10. f4 for whites? with the idea of reforcing the central pawn structure? thanks in advance mates |
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| Nov-14-09 | | donehung: Wow,one Mr.Topalov should hire Aronian as a second. |
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 | | tpstar: Remember Anand plays 1. e4 ten times more than 1. d4 Repertoire Explorer: Viswanathan Anand (white) One trend whenever top GMs err in the opening is missing unconventional moves like 13 ... Qg5 which breaks the rules of development (Queen out too soon) but creates a direct tactical threat against g2 while preventing 14. 0-0 due to 14 ... Bh3 winning the exchange. Maybe White should have tried the ugly 14. Kf1 which at least avoids all those light square weaknesses for the time being. After 14. g3 then 14 ... Qf6 also breaks the rules (moving the same piece twice) but prepares 15 ... Qf3 while threatening 15 ... b4 winning material due to the pin on the Nc3. Then 15. Bb2 Qf3 16. Rg1 (16. 0-0?? Bh3 mates) Bg4 and Black has a strategically superior game. Get 'em next time, Anand. =) |
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| Nov-14-09 | | JaneEyre: Vishy's greatest disaster with White since he lost in 25 moves in Anand vs Kasparov, 1995. Both times, he plays b3 and gets his king stuck in the middle. |
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| Nov-14-09 | | notyetagm: Final position
25 ... c5-c6 0-1
click for larger viewOne chess idea kept playing through my mind as I played over this game: <A WEAKNESS IS *NOT* A WEAKNESS UNLESS IT CAN BE EXPLOITED>. The Black king arrives on the f7-square on move 11, after 11 e6xf7+ ♔e8xf7. 11 ... ♔e8xf7
click for larger viewWhite never manages to get even a *single* <CHECK> against the "exposed" Black f7-king! Meanwhile Anand (White) loses a *miniature*(!) because his White e1-king is <TRAPPED IN THE CENTER>. But wait. How can the "exposed" Black f7-king not be weak while the "sheltered" White e1-king be a huge weakness? <It all boils down to <<<A WEAKNESS IS *NOT* A WEAKNESS UNLESS IT CAN BE ATTACKED>>>: the "exposed" Black f7-king is *not* a weakness because White cannot attack it. In contrast, the "sheltered" White e1-king *is* a weakness *precisely* because Black can attack it.> |
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| Nov-14-09 | | notyetagm: The position Black gets in the game continuation given by <CHESSOK RYBKA> is just incredible. http://www.chessok.com/broadcast/?k... 25. Qb6 ?
(25. Qxa6 {} h5 26. Kf1 Re7 27. Rg1 Rhe8 28. Qd3 Kg8 29. Qd4 Bd6 30. Na4 Bh2 ♖ybka Aquarium (0:00.30) -2.18|d13 Black has a decisive advantage) c5 (26. Qxa6 d4 27. Qd3 <<<Rhe8>>> 28. Kf1 dxc3 29. Qxd7+ Bxd7 ♖ybka Aquarium (0:09.08) -3.90|d18 Black has a decisive advantage) 0-1 [0-1]
27 ... ♖h8-e8
click for larger viewMy, grandma, what big <PIECE ACTIVITY> and <COORDINATION> you have. Incredible position of <BLACK PIECE POWER>. |
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| Nov-14-09 | | WiseWizard: more and more these grandmasters are showing how human they really are when they dont have their homework protecting them and they have to see the position with fresh eyes and find plans otb they fail. anand goes down in flaming defeat just like ponomariov vs carlsen. Although in this case Aronian was on his turf Anand showed inablity to adapt. The masters of old had more fortitude in these situations. Proves once again the power and importance of preparation. |
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| Nov-14-09 | | VaselineTopLove: I think too much reliance on computers and on seconds makes many players unable to think for themselves when facing new positions. Although there really should be no "new position" for established Super GMs and they should be able to use their experience and chess logic in finding moves that at least hold, if not the best reply at least in the opening phase of the game. |
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| Nov-14-09 | | VaselineTopLove: Anand should cross-check what his seconds suggest to him. Even in his match against Kramnik he took a huge risk by playing a last minute suggestion by Radek. Fortunately for him, it paid off then. |
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| Nov-15-09 | | notyetagm: <Kaspablanca: Can somebody explain me Anand`s 20th and 21st moves?> I'll spell it out for you:
D-E-S-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N |
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| Nov-15-09 | | Vakus: Nope, Mr. <donehung>, it is Anand who should hire Aronian as a second. |
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| Nov-15-09 | | sac2win: really horrible game from anand :-(
moves like 12.b3 and 17.a3 proves that
he went in without any preparation.
full marks to aronian though for playing as he usually does against anand with black pieces!!! |
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| Nov-15-09 | | cadwallon: <notyetagm: A WEAKNESS IS *NOT* A WEAKNESS UNLESS IT CAN BE ATTACKED>
I suppose Aronian was thinking of Aronian vs Movsesian, 2008 where he was unable to exploit this weakness as White. |
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| Nov-15-09 | | cadwallon: I guess that in the final position the reason Rybka suggests ♕xa6 is the threat of ♖e6, trapping the queen. Everyone else has probably already spotted that, but I thought I'd point it out for the patzers like me :-) |
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| Nov-15-09 | | cadwallon: <donehung: Wow,one Mr.Topalov should hire Aronian as a second> If I were Aronian, I would be very keen for Anand to remain World Champion... until 2011, at least ;-) |
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