High Anand

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "NAVALGUND NIRANJAN"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.01"]

{Hello Everybody! Congratulations to Vishwananthan Anand! For being Ranked
No#1 in world presently!................} 1. e4 {Now Game Analysis} e5 2. Nf3
Nf6 {Petroff Defence. I present Anand's another best game of his wonderful
chess carrier!} 3. Nxe5 {I known some little of this popular opening!.....As I
have only tried it once!. I was inspired by game Grishuk against Gelfand to
play petroff as Gelfands idea and attack towards the king made me to study
some games on Petroff opening...} d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 (6... Bd6
{This is the game which inspired me} 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 (9. cxd5 cxd5
10. Nc3 {is my favourite line with black}) 9... Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12.
Re1 Kh8 13. b4 Bd7 14. Bb2 Ne6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 $2 Rc8 $1 17. Qd1 N6g5 $1
18. Ne5 Nh3+ $1 19. gxh3 Qg5+ $1 20. Kf1 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Bc6 22. Bc1 Qh4 23. Bxe4
fxe4 {open f file is still dangerous!!} 24. Be3 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Bxd5 26. Qxd5
Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 {
1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Gelfand,B/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 087 And Still Draw is enough
}) 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 {And now White is threatening pawn} (9. Bxe4
dxe4 10. Rxe4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 $11) 9... f5 $1 {
Each move has one or the other idea behind it!} 10. Qb3 Qd6 {Black does not
care the pawn on b7 for his positional development and active piece play} 11.
Nfd2 {Because of his weak kingside and development burden White is forced to
exchange and clean the board by such defensive moves.} (11. Qxb7 O-O $44 {
But still Black has mroe attacking chances on king side whereas White is
behind in development}) 11... O-O-O $1 {
After this move White even cant take on e4 suppose} 12. f3 ({If} 12. Bxe4 fxe4
{gives attacking chances with open f file for black}) ({If} 12. Nxe4 fxe4 {
gives advantage to Black}) 12... Bh4 $1 13. Rf1 $8 Bh3 $5 14. Qc2 $1 (14. Nxe4
$143 $5 dxe4 15. fxe4 Nxd4 $1 16. cxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 Qxd3 {
Now Black has the compensation for a piece} 18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. gxh3 fxe4 20. Nc3
e3 21. Rf7 Bf6 22. Ne2 Rd1+ 23. Kg2 Re8 $44 {
And now still Black is behind in development}) 14... Qg6 $5 15. Nb3 $2 (15.
Nxe4 $142 $1 fxe4 16. fxe4 Rdf8 17. Bf4 (17. exd5 Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Rf8+ 19. Kg1
Bf2+ 20. Kh1 Qxg2#) 17... dxe4 18. Bxe4 Qg4 19. Qd2 (19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qe4 g5
21. Qxc6 gxf4 22. Qa8+ Kd7 23. Qd5+ Ke7 24. Qe5+ Kf7 25. Qxc7+ Kg8 26. Qc4+ Rf7
$1) 19... g5 20. Bf3 (20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. hxg3 Qxg3
$18) 20... Qxf4 21. gxh3 {Only in this variation White has slight edge! But
still due to opposite colour bishops the game may be anything and its still
middlegame and opposite colured Bishops middlegame.So in this case the
principle applies "Attacker is the winner in opposite colured Bishop" (Only
in Middlegame !) So the game may be anything!} ({If} 21. Qxf4 gxf4 22. gxh3 {
Black wins again})) 15... Rhf8 $1 {Black is playing cooly and is not bothering
about the complications and cunningly setting up a trap} 16. Na3 {
White hopes to develop and connect his rooks and overtake the game!} ({
Trap is here} 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. Bb5 a6 $19 18. Bxc6 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Rf8+ {
White collapsed!}) 16... Rde8 $2 {Gives No Serious trouble For white} 17. Kh1
$4 {A serious mistake} (17. fxe4 fxe4 18. Rxf8 Rxf8 {still Black has an attack}
) (17. Bf4 $8 Bg5 (17... Ng5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. gxh3 Be3+ 20. Kh1 {white wins})
18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. gxh3 Nxh3+ 20. Kh1 {White wins}) 17... Nf2+ $1 18. Rxf2 Bxg2+
$3 {White resigned in view of} 19. Rxg2 Re1+ 20. Bf1 Rxf1+ 21. Rg1 Qxg1# {
Summary:In this game Black had problems and narrowly escaped from a disaster!
The bishop on h3 had no any safe home, But due to Serious blunder 17.Kh!??
Black won... This game is worth analysisng even if it is only 21 moves
because i enjoyed the game. Hope u too! :-) You can mail or feedback me at
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