Viswanathan Anand vs Fabiano Caruana (2012)

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Viswanathan Anand vs Fabiano Caruana
Grand Slam Chess Final (2012), Sao Paulo BRA, rd 8, Oct-11
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack (D70) · 1/2-1/2

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Oct-11-12		Marmot PFL: Black seems to have an acceptable Grunfeld ending. Not so ambitious play by Anand.

Oct-11-12		marcwordsmith: just got here. Other results today?

Oct-11-12		keypusher: Karjakin and Carlsen drew, Vallejo and Aronian are playing a complicated Modern.

Oct-11-12		marmurch: 22. e5 begs on its knees to be played.

Oct-11-12		perfidious: < marmurch: 22. e5 begs on its knees to be played.> The pawn at f4 can easily become weak after that, so it isn't surprising that Anand rejected the move.

Oct-11-12		OneArmedScissor: Ne5 looks better?

Oct-11-12		perfidious: As things stand, Caruana can play ....Nh5 and force f5, though it's hard to say whether this gains anything. Anand looks slightly more comfortable here.

Oct-11-12		Ulhumbrus: White controls the d file and his king side pawn majority appears to have greater prospects for attack than Black's queen side pawn majority. It remains to be seen whether White has enough advantage to win the game.

Oct-11-12		Ulhumbrus: Here is a link to the live games page on the TWIC website: http://twiclive.com/silverlive.htm

Oct-11-12		Marmot PFL: In the other board Aronian has a very passive position and is running short of time.

Oct-11-12		Hesam7: It seems Anand missed a golden opportunity, he should have opted for: <24 b3! Ba6 25 Nh4> click for larger view White will recover more than just his pawn ...

Oct-11-12		Hesam7: To expand on my previous post, a4-a5 would have been even more effective after <24 b3! Ba6 25 Nh4> for example after: <25...Ng3 26 Nf5 Nf5 27 ef5 Re5 28 a4 Rae8 29 a5 Nc8> click for larger view Compare Black's minor pieces here with the game ...

Oct-11-12		plang: Isn't Black better here?

Oct-11-12		Hesam7: <plang: Isn't Black better here?> Hmmm, maybe slightly, he now (after 32...Be8) has the better bishop and the Q-side majority.

Oct-11-12		Hesam7: Anand is trying to Blitz Caruana, don't like that ...

Oct-11-12		marmurch: Sorry, my comments are far from GM level but doesn't White look a little bit too defensive?

Oct-11-12		perfidious: Hereabouts I like Black; Caruana has something to play for and he can torment his opponent for a long while.

Oct-11-12		Hesam7: 34 g4? was bad, White would have been in trouble after 34...Re3! but Caruana missed that chance.

Oct-11-12		LucB: Draw agreed.

Oct-11-12		Octavia: good night all !!!

Oct-11-12		fisayo123: Exciting game.

Oct-11-12		Jambow: Yes actually Anand looks like he was willing to play for a win and Caruana's depth of play is impressive. This was a good game imho.

Oct-11-12		Hesam7: As I said during the game after <34...Re3!> Anand would have been in deep trouble and more analysis seems to confirm that assessment: click for larger view Maybe Caruana being short on time feared <35 g5> but after <35...Rh3> White can't really justify the pawn sacrifice (maybe Anand did not sacrifice anything and just missed 34...Re3), for example: <36 g6 hg6 37 Rg6 Kf7 38 Rg1 Rh4!> Another option would be <35 h4> but again after <35...Rh3> it is not easy to find a move for White, 36 h5? is not worth considering; 36 g5? Rh4 transposes to 35 g5 line but where Black is a tempo ahead; 36 Be4 runs into 36...Rc3 37 bc3 Be4 38 a5 Nc8 which looks unpleasant for White to say the least. That leaves <36 Ne4> but then <36...Na4 37 g5?! Be4 38 Be4 Rh4 39 Bb7 fg5 40 Rg5 Kf6 41 Rg8 Kf5> leads to a lost ending ...

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