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Jon Ludvig Hammer vs Viswanathan Anand
Arctic Securities Chess Stars (2010) (rapid), Kristiansund NOR, rd 4, Aug-29
Catalan Opening: Closed Variation (E06)  ·  0-1

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Aug-29-10  frogbert: during the game i thought 29. bxc5 looked very good (instead of taking with the queen).

amazing that hammer managed to lose this game!

Aug-29-10  yalie: what a blunderfest by both sides. It would be nice if chessgames can tag it as a rapid game - else future generations will be wondering about the general standard of play.
Aug-29-10  hellopolgar: Anand missed 31. ... Qe6 which instantly wins for black.
Aug-29-10  frogbert: almost the same trick/theme was 32... qe2!! winning on the spot.
Aug-29-10  MrMelad: Yes, like a wendsday puzzle I wasn't able to solve...

Z Nilsson vs Book, 1946

Aug-29-10  notyetagm: <hellopolgar: Anand missed 31. ... Qe6 which instantly wins for black.>

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

<31.c4?? Qxa2? Both players seemed to have missed <<<31...Qe6! which would have won instantly>>>, since 32.Rxe6 is not possible (32...Rd1+ 33.Kh2 Rh1#) and 32.Qb4 or 32.Qe3 fail to 32...Qxh3.>

Aug-29-10  notyetagm: Game Collection: Heavy pieces on back rank easily overworked

J L Hammer vs Anand, 2010 31 ... Qa6-e6! White e1-rook must protect the d1-mating square

Aug-29-10  notyetagm: http://chessbomb.com/o/2010-arctic/...

< 32. Qf5 [<<< 32. ... Qe2>>> 33. Bb4 Rd1 34. Qa5 Qf3 35. Kf1 Qd3+ 36. Kg1 Qe4 37. Kf1 Qxc4+ 38. Kg1 Qe4 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 40. Ke2 Qf3+ 41. Kf1 Bc8 42. Qa2+ Kh7 43. Qc2+ Bf5 44. Qxf5+ Qxf5 45. Rxd1 Qb5+ 46. Kg2 Qxb4 47. Rc1 Qd2 48. Rc7 Kg6 49. h4 Qd5+ 50. Kh2 ]>

So Anand missed **both** the instantly winning 31 ... ♕a6-e6! and 32 ... ♕a2-e2! .

Game Collection: Heavy pieces on back rank easily overworked

Sep-03-10  crazybird: GM Hammer annotates this game:

<..With white against Anand on the second day, I played my best game of the tournament. A very convenient timing when you’re facing the World Champion...

.....Truth be told, the position was complicated for the entire time, and Vishy defended very well – while simultaneously keeping the queens on the board – so that doom with follow after any inaccuracies from white. Even so, I’m very proud of the way I played the early middle game, and next time I have a good position against Vishy, I’m not letting him off the hook this easily! >

http://gmhammer.wordpress.com/2010/...

Sep-03-10  whiteshark: Missing two consecutive winning moves of a basic tactical motif is very unusual.

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