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E60 Anand annihilates Gelfand!

Viswanathan Anand  (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess Grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion. Anand has won the World Chess Championship five times (2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012), and has been the undisputed World Champion since 2007. Anand was the FIDE World Rapid Chess Champion in 2003, and is widely considered the strongest player in history in this form of the game. Anand has been described by many of his peers (e.g., Vladimir Kramnik) as probably one of the greatest talents in chess history. Lubomir Kavalek describes Anand as the most versatile world champion ever, since Anand is the only player to have won the world chess championships in many formats including Tournament, Match, Rapid, and Knockout chess.  (See the source for more info on Anand) Unattributed analysis and game references are by Houdini 1.5 set to analyze the game in 5 minutes running on Fritz 12.

                                                   SOURCE:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand

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  • 8 months ago

    NimzoRoy

    According to Fritz 12 what's wrong is White has a +- position (2 pawn advantage) after 17.Qf2 Nc6 18.dc6 Qc6 19.Bd3

    And yeah 18.Bd3 is ?? not !

  • 8 months ago

    ori0

    I think they mean what is wrong after-17. Qf2 Nc618. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Bd3

    Roy your line-17...Nc6 18.Bd3! i think looses to 18..Nb4+

  • 8 months ago

    NimzoRoy

    17...Nc6 18.Bd3! Qxb1 19.Kxb1 Resigns right? Did you guys only see 18.Bg2 letting her Majesty escape via 18...Qxh2?

  • 8 months ago

    Lawdoginator

    Yeah, what's wrong with 17 ... Nc6?  

  • 8 months ago

    DalaiLuke

    I know, I know, conventions ... Nc6 :)

  • 8 months ago

    DalaiLuke

    What's wrong with 17... nc6?

  • 8 months ago

    ori0

    I watched the game live and was blown away. BTW the GM commentators missed the Q trap to.. 

  • 8 months ago

    Lawdoginator

    I was kind of surprised that Gelfand didn't play on with a rook and two pawns for two minor pieces. His queen wasn't really trapped and the resulting imbalances would have been interesting. OK, Anand probably would have won anyway. But it would have been fine to make Anand prove he could win the game. 

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