Antalya Chess Express c3 s20
Antalya Chess Express2012 Mayıs
Cilt 3, Sayı 20
Sorumlu Editör/Yayıncı: Dr Harun Taner
WCh r 4
Gelfand,Boris (2727) − Anand,Viswanathan (2791) [D45]WCh Moscow (4), 15.05.2012
[Taner,Harun]
[D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6
5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Bd6 10.Qc2 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5
12.e4 exd4 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nf6 [Diagram
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] 15.h3 [15.Rfe1 Bg4 16.Nxd4 Rc8 17.Qb2
Rc5 18.Be4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Bc8 20.Nf3 Bf5
21.Rd4 Rc2 22.Qb1 Bc5 23.Qe1 Re8
24.Be3 h6 25.b4 Bd6 26.a3 Qf6 27.Rc1 Ra2
28.Qc3 Rc8 29.Qb3 Rac2 Aleksandrov,A
(2636)-Kharlov,A (2511) Moscow 2009 ½–
½ (70); 15.Rae1 Bg4 16.Ne5 Rc8 17.Qb2
Rc5 18.f4 Rxd5 19.Bc4 Rc5 20.Qxd4 b5
21.Bb4 Qc7 22.Bd3 Be6 23.Qf2 Rc8
24.Qe2 Rd5 25.Bxd6 Rxd6 26.Rf3 Qc5+
27.Qf2 Rd4 28.h3 Qd6 29.Qe3 Nd7 30.Rf2
Nxe5 31.fxe5 Qd7 32.Be4 g6 ½–½ (60)
Eptantoin,D (2581)-Vousatej,D (2612)
Engine Room 2010]
15...Bd7 16.Rad1 Re8N [16...Rc8
17.Qb2 Qb6 18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.Nxd4 Bc5
20.Nf3 Nxd5 21.Be4 Bc6 22.Ne5 Rce8
23.Bxd5 Rxe5 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Rfe1 Rd5
26.Bf4 Bd4 27.Kf1 Rfd8 28.Bc7 Rc8
29.Be5 Bb6 30.Bf4 h6 31.Rxd5 Galanov,S
(2376)-Boldysh,K (2364) ICCF 2008 1–0
(55)]
17.Nxd4 Rc8 [Black threatens to win
material: Rc8xc2]
18.Qb1 h6 [Diagram
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Consolidates g5]
19.Nf5 [19.Nf3 Nxd5 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Be4 Bc6 22.Nd4 Qf6 23.Nxc6 bxc6 24.g3 Rb8
25.Qd3 Bb4 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Bxb4 Rxb4
28.Qxd5 Rbe4 29.Rd2 g6 30.Qd6 R4e6
31.Qd3 h5 32.Kg2 h4 33.Qd4 Qxd4
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34.Rxd4 hxg3 35.fxg3 Kg7 36.Rd7 R8e7
37.Rxe7 Rxe7 38.Kf3 Re5 39.b4 a5 40.a3
axb4 41.axb4 Rb5 42.Rb1 f5 43.Ke3 Kf6
44.Kd4 Ke6 45.Kc4 Re5 46.Rd1 Re2 47.h4
Rc2+ 48.Kd4 Rg2 49.Rd3 Kd6 50.Ra3
Rd2+ 51.Kc3 Rh2 52.Ra6+ Ke7 53.Rxg6 f4
54.gxf4 Rxh4 55.f5 Rf4 56.f6+ Kd6 57.Kb3
Ke6 58.Rh6 Rf1 59.b5 Kf5 60.f7 Kg5
61.Rh1 Rxf7 62.Rg1+ Kh6 63.Rb1 Rb7
64.Kc4 Rc7+ 65.Kd5 Rd7+ 66.Kc6 Rd4
67.b6 Rc4+ 68.Kd5 Rc8 69.Kd6 Kg5 70.b7
Rb8 71.Kc7 Rh8 72.b8Q Rxb8 73.Rxb8
Kf4 74.Re8 Kf3 75.Kc6 Kf2 76.Kd5 Kf3
77.Re4 Kg3 78.Ke5 Kf3 79.Kf5 Kg3
80.Rf4 Kh3 81.Rg4 Kh2 82.Ke4 Kh1
83.Kf3 Kh2 84.Kf2 Kh3 85.Rf4 Kh2
86.Rh4# 1–0 (86) Stockfish 1.6.3 64–bit
(3071)-Deep Sjeng 3.0 64–bit 1CPU (2941)
CCRL 2010]
19...Bxf5 20.Bxf5 [Diagram
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White has the pair of bishops]
20...Rc5 21.Rfe1 Rxd5 22.Bc3 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Bc5 24.Qc2 Bd4 25.Bxd4
Rxd4 26.Qc8 [White threatens to win
material: Qc8xb7]
26...g6 [Black threatens to win material:
g6xf5]
27.Bg4 h5 28.Qxd8+ Rxd8 29.Bf3 b6 30.Rc1 Rd6 31.Kf1 a5 32.Ke2 Nd5
33.g3 [Diagram
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Covers f4] 33...Ne7 34.Be4 Kg7
½-½
Gelfand – Anand
Gelfand,Boris (2739) − Anand,Viswanathan (2799) [D45]WCh Moscow (4), 15.05.2012
[H2Aq,Taner,Harun]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6
5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Bd6 10.Qc2 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5
12.e4 exd4 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nf6
15.h3 Bd7 [15...h6 16.Rad1 Nxd5
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17.Nxd4 Qf6 18.Be4 Nf4 19.Be3 Bxh3
20.gxh3 Qg5+ 21.Kh1 Qh4 22.f3 Nxh3
23.Kg2 Qg3+ 24.Kh1 Qh4 25.Kg2 Qg3+
26.Kh1 Qh4 1/2–1/2, Krush Irina (USA)
2437 - Enhbat Tegshsuren (USA) 2388,
Internet 2005.09.07]
16.Rad1 Re8 [N]
[16...Rc8 17.Qb2 Qb6 18.Qxd4 Qxd4
19.Nxd4 Bc5 20.Nf3 Nxd5 21.Be4 Bc6
22.Ne5 Rce8 23.Bxd5 Rxe5 24.Bxc6 bxc6
25.Rfe1 Rd5 ... 1–0, Galanov, Sergey -
Boldysh, Konstantin, corr. 2008]
17.Nxd4 Rc8 18.Qb1 h6 19.Nf5 Bxf5
20.Bxf5 Rc5 21.Rfe1 Rxd5 [Diagram
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] 22.Bc3 [22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.Bc3 Be5 24.Rxd5 Nxd5 25.Bd2 Bc3 26.Qc2 Bxd2
27.Qxd2 Qe5 28.Bc8 Qc7 29.Bg4 Nc3
Houdini Aquarium (0:11:40) +0.16|d30]
22...Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Bc5 24.Qc2 Bd4
25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Qc8 g6 27.Bg4 h5 28.Qxd8+ Rxd8 29.Bf3 b6 30.Rc1 Rd6
31.Kf1 a5 32.Ke2 Nd5 33.g3 Ne7
34.Be4 Kg7 [Z0]
[Rc4 34...Re6 35.Kd3 Rd6+ Rd4 Re6 Kd2
Nc6 Rc4 Nb4 a3 Rd6+ 36.Ke3 Nd5+
37.Bxd5 Rxd5 Houdini Aquarium (0:01:43)
+0.03|d25]
½-½
Gelfand,Boris (2739) − Anand,Viswanathan (2799) [D45]WCh Moscow (4), 15.05.2012
[Pein,Malcolm,Taner,Harun]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6
5.Nf3 a6 [Anand's move order avoids 4...
a6 5.c5]
6.b3 Bb4 [Driving the bishop to a bad square]
7.Bd2 [7.Bb2 Qa5 8.Rc1 Qxa2]
7...Nbd7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Bd6 10.Qc2 [10.Rc1 Game 2 The game develops along
broadly similar lines]
10...e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 exd4
13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nf6 [Diagram
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Very similar to G2. Both players in their
preparation undoubtedly]
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15.h3 Bd7 16.Rad1 Re8 17.Nxd4 Rc8
18.Qb1 h6 [Diagram
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Typical example of where I distrust
computer evaluations from a practical
viewpoint. Gelfand can secure the two
bishops here with Nf5 and even if the
computers say equal, I would be worried
about an endgame where the black
queenside could be vulnerable to attack
from the light squared bishop. With perfect
play it may be = but in practice might be
awkward. However for a world champion
the position does not present too many
problems]
19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Rc5 21.Rfe1
Rxd5 22.Bc3 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Bc5 [Although White has two bishops his pieces
are not coordinated optimally as Gelfand
said after the game. If a white bishop found
it's way to f3 that would be a different
matter]
24.Qc2 Bd4 [24...Qb6 might be better said
Anand in post match comments 25.Re5
Rxe5 26.Bxe5 Is a small edge so; 24...Qb6
25.Re5 Rd8]
25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Qc8 g6 [No more back
rank tricks now]
27.Bg4 h5 28.Qxd8+ Rxd8 [Diagram
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Anand offered a draw]
29.Bf3 b6 [Getting the pawns out of harm's
way onto black squares]
30.Rc1 Rd6 31.Kf1 a5 32.Ke2 [I was
waiting for the king to get to e2 so I could
execute my manoeuvre Nd5–e7 - Anand. It
was generally agreed that Rc6 might have
been more testing but Black holds 32.Rc6
Rxc6 33.Bxc6 Kf8 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Kd3 Kd6
36.Bf3 Kc5 37.a3]
32...Nd5 [Diagram
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I was expecting Nd7–c5 but of course there
is nothing wrong with this]
33.g3 Ne7 34.Be4 Kg7
½-½
Gelfand,Boris (2727) − Anand,Viswanathan (2791) [D45]WCh Moscow (4), 15.05.2012
[Edouard,Romain,Taner,Harun]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6
5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 [Exactly the same system as
in round two.]
6...Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0
Bd6 [Diagram
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]
10.Qc2 [This time, Gelfand goes for the
main move, deviating from the second
game, where 10.Rc1 was played.]
10...e5!? [10...h6 is the main move
according to theory, but 10... e5 worked
very well for Black in all the games played
till now.]
11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 [Of course taking on e5 would no longer make any sense with the
rook on a1 and the queen on c2.]
12...exd4 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nf6 [0.28/0]
15.h3!? [Diagram
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A very logical move played only once.
Against almost all other moves, Black
would go 15...Bg4 and simply equalize.
0.24/0]
[15.Qc4 Bg4 16.Qxd4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nxd5=
1/2–1/2 (36) Avrukh,B (2632)-Wang,H
(2684) Dagomys RUS 2008; 15.Rfe1 Bg4
16.Nxd4 Rc8 17.Qb2 Rc5= 1/2–1/2 (70)
Aleksandrov,A (2636)-Kharlov,A (2511)
RUS 2009; 15.Nxd4 Be5=]
15...Bd7 [Anand keeps playing very fast. 0.32/0]
16.Rad1 [0.23/0]
[There was no hurry to play ...h6, since after
16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 Rc8 18.Qd2 Rc5! it
seems Black equalizes.]
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16...Re8 [0.24/0]
17.Nxd4 [0.38/0]
Rc8 [0.56/0]
18.Qb1 [0.52/0]
h6 [We reached the typical setup in that
kind of structures, where White is up a
pawn that he cannot really hold. The only
question is always: can White force Black to
capture the pawn back in poor conditions?
0.72/0]
19.Nf5 [Of course after taking the bishop pair, White has a very (very) slight
advantage, but it doesn't seem enough at all.
It seems to me that after 19.Nf3 White
would have decent chances to get some
advantage, though Anand had been playing
very fast until 18...h6, which should mean
he has some precise idea against 19.Nf3.
0.40/0]
[19.Nf3!? Nxd5 (Of course it would be
possible to delay ...Nxd5, but after a move
like 19...Qc7 White could go 20.Bc1 and
slowly reorganize his pieces, and it looks
clear to me that Black should have some
problems, though maybe solvable.) 20.Be4!
(20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Bxh6? doesn't work
because of 21...Nc3∓) 20...Bc6 21.Nd4 and
White can take the bishop pair, and I don't
see how Black can exactly equalize, e.g.
21...Qb6 (21...Nc3? 22.Bh7+ (22.Nxc6 Nxb1 23.Nxd8 Nxd2 24.Rxd2 Rcxd8=)
22...Kh8 23.Bxc3 and according to the
engine Black is still in the game with
23...Bxg2! but after 24.Nf5õ Bxh3
(24...Be4 25.Qc10 Rxc3 26.Qxc3 Qg5+
27.Ng32) 25.Bxg7+ Kxh7 26.Nxd6+ Kxg7
27.Nxe8+ Qxe8 28.Rfe1 White is clearly
better.) 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.Bh7+ Kh8
24.Bd3� Most probably Anand had some
idea which I just miss! I'm also not sure
how easy is the calculation of 21...Nxc3
over the board.]
19...Bxf5 [0.32/0]
20.Bxf5 [0.42/0]
Rc5 [Diagram
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0.25/0]
21.Rfe1 [0.48/0]
[21.Rc1!? is an interesting option, but
whatever Black plays he is very close to
equality. At least much closer than in the
19.Nf3 line is Black doesn't have a clear
way to exchange some pieces.]
21...Rxd5 [0.22/0]
22.Bc3 [0.16/0]
Rxe1+ [0.28/0]
23.Rxe1 [0.30/0]
Bc5 [0.24/0]
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24.Qc2 [0.08/0]
Bd4! [Now the position is absolutely equal. -0.04/0]
25.Bxd4 [0.00/0]
Rxd4 [0.08/0]
26.Qc8 [0.04/0]
g6 [0.00/0]
27.Bg4 [0.00/0]
h5 [0.08/0]
[27...Nxg4?? 28.Re8++–]
28.Qxd8+ [0.11/0]
Rxd8 [0.04/0]
29.Bf3 [0.20/0]
b6 [0.00/0]
30.Rc1 [0.00/0]
Rd6 [0.00/0]
31.Kf1 [0.24/0]
a5 [0.09/0]
32.Ke2 [0.12/0]
Nd5!? [The most dynamic. 0.08/0]
[32...Kf8 is also equal.]
33.g3 [0.08/0]
[33.Bxd5 Rxd5 34.Rc6 Re5+ 35.Kd3 b5!?=
White's king can never advance so easily
due to some problems with the 2nd file!]
33...Ne7 34.Be4 Kg7 [Diagram
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Though equal score, the impression after
four games is that Anand is drawing with
Black much more easily than Gelfand is.
This means Gelfand is a little bit under
pressure, and that his team will have to find
more resources with White. But Gelfand's
play is anyway very dynamic, and it is clear
that the Israeli will be ready to punish any
mistake from his opponent. Let's not forget
that Gelfand had more problems with Black,
but also played riskier openings: and the
result 0–1 also exists in chess!]
½-½
Gelfand,Boris (2727) − Anand,Viswanathan (2791) [D45]WCh Moscow (4), 15.05.2012
[Shipov,Sergey,Taner,Harun]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 [And so it is. The Slav
Defense.]
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3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 [We are
repeating the hybrid variation from the
second game of the match. A Meran in the
style of Chebanenko. Judging from
everything, the champion's work on this
scheme was fundamental, deeply calculated
and intended for repeated application.]
6.b3 Bb4 [I wonder who will be the first to
leave the beaten path?]
7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 [The
grandmasters are moving quickly and
surely...]
9...Bd6 [The same prophylaxis [as game
2]. Just for kicks, let me show you White's
trick:]
[9...Re8? 10.Nxd5! Nxd5 (in case of
10...exd5 11.Bxb4 Black will be just a
pawn down) 11.cxd5 Bxd2 12.dxc6 and
White wins a pawn and seizes the initiative
as well.]
10.Qc2 [Diagram
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A local novelty -- for this match.]
[10.Rc1 was played in the second game.]
10...e5 [Vishy's answer was instantaneous.
He and his seconds foresaw the opponent's
choice! Which, to be honest, is no wonder,
because after all the queen move to c2 was
the main theoretical path and, it appears,
will continue to be in the future. Any delay
could allow White opening up the center
first, or allow him to prepare thoroughly for
Black's attack. Here is a good example from
the challenger's corpus:]
[10...h6 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Ng3 e5 13.cxd5
Nxd5 14.Rad1 exd4 15.Nxd4 Nb4 16.Bh7+
Kh8 17.Qb1 Nd5 18.Bf5 Qc7 19.Rfe1 N7f6
20.e4 Ne7 21.Bxc8 Raxc8 22.Qc1 c5
23.Nf3 Ng4 24.Ba5 Qxa5 25.Rxd6 Qxa2
26.Re2 Qxb3 27.h3 and here in the game B.
Gelfand - A. Sokolov, Wijk aan Zee 2006, it
turned out that the knight on g4 has no way
back. On 27...Nf6 would have followed
28.Rxf6 gxf6 29.Qxh6+ Kg8 30.Nh5 with
decisive threats. To make a long story short,
Boris won.]
11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 [And once again
Boris strives for a sharp opening of the
game.]
[12.dxe5 is well known to be harmless for
Black, for example, 12...Nxe5 13.Nxe5
Bxe5 14.Rad1 Bg4 15.f3 Bd7 16.Ne2 Rc8
17.Qb1 Qb6 with good chances for Black in
A. Brown - N. Vityugov, Kalitea 2008.]
12...exd4 [Playing by analogy with the
second game would not have worked here:]
[12...dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6
15.dxe5 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 and White gets a
healthy extra pawn.]
13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 [The first direct threat to Black's rear has materialized -- the
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pawn on h7 is under attack.]
14...Nf6 15.h3 [In this way White prevents
the bishop sortie ... Bc8–g4. The weak
pawns in the center remain alive for the
moment. Other moves that have been tried
are] [15.Rae1; and 15.Rfe1; however,
15.Nxd4 is for the moment not a serious
threat because of 15...Be5 16.Bc3 Qxd5
with complete equality.]
15...Bd7 [Playing for development. Black
is prepared to sacrifice a pawn. In the game
I. Krush - T. Enkhbat, Internet 2005, Black
replied in symmetrical fashion:]
[15...h6 16.Rad1 Nxd5 17.Nxd4 Qf6 18.Be4
Nf4 19.Be3 and here Black lashed out with
19...Bxh3 20.gxh3 Qg5+ 21.Kh1 Qh4 and
only survived because White mistakenly
failed to play 22.Bf5! Nxh3 23.Kg2]
16.Rad1 [Diagram
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Before retreating to b1 with the queen, it's a
good idea to let the queen rook pass
through. The coordination and harmony of
the pieces is more important than a pawn.
With the text move Boris has created a
tower of Babylon on the d-file. An attractive
setup, dang it!]
16...Re8 [The foes have not slowed the pace of their play. It would seem that
Anand, after yesterday's trials and
tribulations in time trouble, has decided not
to waste time on variations that he is already
familiar with. He has been making his
choices almost immediately. Now taking the
pawn on d4 is a serious possibility. Will
Black have enough compensation for the
pawn? I'll also note here that Black's move
is a novelty. It's no wonder that Gelfand has
sunk into thought... Previously Black has
played]
[16...Rc8 17.Qb1 Rc5 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bh4 g5
20.Bg3 Bxg3 21.fxg3 Nxd5 22.Bh7+ Kg7
23.Rxd4 Qb6 with chances for both sides in
E. Levin - P. Martynov, St. Petersburg
2012.]
17.Nxd4 [The principled move! There is no
sense in further preparations. Now the Black
knight cannot immediately win the pawn
back on d5 because of the threat on h7.]
17...Rc8 [The direct 17...Re5 would have
led to a very dangerous initiative for White:
18.Bc3 Rxd5 19.Bc4 Rc5 20.Nf3 and as
you can see, the villainous rook on d1 is
literally mowing down the crowds of
innocent bystanders with its attack along the
file...]
18.Qb1 h6 [Astounding cold-bloodedness!
The champion plays as if the pawns were
even. Without any hurry he tends his chess
garden, plants a few flowers, pulls out some
weeds. And he doesn't trespass on his
neighbor. In fact, the pawn on d5 remains
weak. As a result of the activity of Black's
pieces it might fall all by itself, like a ripe
fruit from a fruit tree. Such an experienced
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gardener as Anand knows this better than
anyone... The time remaining is now 1:18 -
1:51. You'll agree that this is a serious
difference. If I were in Gelfand's shoes I
would think about invading on the square
f5. For example, with 19. Nf5 there is a
chance to achieve the advantage of the two
bishops. It's not a gold nugget, but at least
it's something.]
19.Nf5 [And so it goes. The other way of
taking control over f5 would not have been
successful:]
[19.Bf5 Rc5! 20.Bxd7 Qxd7 21.Nf5 Bb8!
and Black wins back the pawn with full
equality.]
19...Bxf5 [There is no point in putting up
with this jerk on f5.]
20.Bxf5 [The two bishops are on the
board!]
20...Rc5 [Black is close to being able to
pluck the fruit from its branch. As a result
there will be wide open spaces in the center
of the board. A well-mown lawn.]
21.Rfe1 [More exchanges are inevitable.
White's problem is to coordinate his pieces,
to defuse Black's activity and then attack...
say, either the pawn on b7 or the Black
king.]
[21.Rc1 was worthy of consideration, with
the idea of sending the rook to c8. For
example, in case of 21...Rxd5 22.Rc8 Qb6
(22...Qe7 23.Re1) 23.Rxe8+ Nxe8 24.Be3
Bc5 25.Bh7+ Kh8 26.Be4 Rd7 27.Bf4
White retains a certain initiative; however, I
have a suspicion that after 21.Rc1 Vishy
would have played 21...Qb6 , not rushing to
win back the pawn.]
21...Rxd5 [Perfect timing. At the moment
White does not have any direct threats.
Indeed, the most frightening prospect for
Black is the possibility that all of the heavy
pieces will disappear from the board, the
White king will march into the center, and
then the advantage of the two bishops will
become a very weighty factor -- that is, their
ability to put pressure across the whole
width of the battlefield and on squares of
any color. For that reason Black must strive
for active counter-play before the
aforementioned endgame arises. From the
defender's point of view it would not be a
bad idea to trade off a pair of bishops. And
if he could trade his knight for a bishop, that
would be completely wonderful.]
22.Bc3 [Played after long debate. All four
rooks are under attack. Few will survive...
It's unlikely that Black will put up with the
pressure of the bishop on c3 for long. The
opposing bishop begs to be played to e5.
Although, strictly speaking, even an
exchange on f6 with the doubling of Black's
pawns might not be that dangerous for
Black, if he can in response organize
pressure on the f2 pawn... The clocks read
1:05 - 1:30.]
[Most likely 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 also came
under consideration -- here the threat of ...
Qe8–e5 underscores the unfortunate
position of the bishop on f5. The game
might continue 23.Bc3 Be5! 24.Rxd5 Nxd5
25.Bd2 Bc3! and Black has achieved the
desired exchange of minor pieces.]
22...Rxe1+ [Possibly this is one way of
illustrating my words about the doubling of
pawns on f6. I think that on]
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[22...Be5 Boris would have answered
23.Bb4!?]
23.Rxe1 Bc5 [Just so! Black organizes
serious counter-play on the dark squares. If
White doesn't take on f6, then the bishop on
c3 will be neutralized by ... Bc5–d4. Black
also has some prospects of playing ... g6
(making sure not to overlook the sacrifice
on g6) and ... Kg7, converting his little
garden into an absolutely comfortable place
to live. And of course I'm not even
mentioning the possible attacks on the f2
pawn...]
24.Qc2 [A solid and refined move, but not
aggressive. Indeed, White would not get
anything out of]
[24.Bxf6 gxf6 (of course not 24...Qxf6??
25.Re8+ Bf8 26.Bh7+ Kh8 27.Rxf8#) 25.Qe4 Rd2 26.Qg4+ Kf8 and the necessity
of defending f2 shackles White's pieces. He
will have to play 27.Re2 Qd6 28.Bc2 Rxe2
29.Qxe2 Qf4 and the battlefield turns into a
complete wasteland; I also scrutinized the
position without dark-squared bishops:
24.b4 Bd4 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Qb3 Visually
White's position appears a bit better, and for
the moment Black does not have the
advance ... g7–g6. But on the other hand, I
don't see any clear plan for White. The
game might continue 26...Qd6 27.a3 b5
28.Rc1 g5 29.g3 Kg7 with rough equality.]
24...Bd4 [Of course. It appears that we will
now have one-third as many bishops on the
board. The bishop on c3 has nowhere to go.
If 25. Bd2? Black will take on f2, and on
25. Bb4 Qb6! is unpleasant.]
[The naive 24...g6? will not do because of
25.Bxg6 fxg6 26.Qxg6+ Kf8 27.Bxf6 with a
win for White.]
25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Qc8 [This is Gelfand's idea. He plans, in very forthright fashion,
with the bluntness of a soldier, to storm the
opponent's queenside. Beginning with the
pawn on b7.]
[I thought that it was more promising to lay
siege in a more patient fashion: 26.Qc3 Rd2
(26...g6 27.Bc8! is strong) 27.Bc2 (here,
however, 27.Bc8 is no longer good because
of 27...Rxa2 28.Bxb7 Qb6!) 27...g6 28.b4
Kg7 29.Bb3 and White retains a certain ...
psychological pressure.]
26...g6 [Black opens the window and gives his king some more air.]
27.Bg4 [The bishop continues to defend
the queen. Its mission is to land on c8.]
27...h5 [But alas, it is not meant to be. The
trap]
[27...Nxg4? 28.Re8+! was too obvious.]
28.Qxd8+ [Forced.]
28...Rxd8 29.Bf3 [Diagram
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I also looked at the poisonous continuation]
[29.Rd1 Rxd1+ (if 29...Re8 30.Bf3 the
answer 30...b6 is unplayable because of
31.Rd6) 30.Bxd1 From here the kings of
both players will run to the center, and
Black will have to play somewhat precisely,
because the pawns on the kingside are
vulnerable and it is not so simple for him to
control the squares on which White's king
can invade the queenside. But on the other
hand, it's quite possible that I am
exaggerating the difficulty -- it's really just
wishful thinking.]
29...b6 [A well-considered reorganization.
Black will arrange his pawns and pieces in
such a way that they all defend one another,
and there will be nothing for White's bishop
to do. White cannot prevent the move ... a6–
a5 because of the penetration of Black's
rook.]
30.Rc1 [With the threat of invading on c6.]
30...Rd6 [Played very rapidly. But is it the
right move?]
[I think it might have been worth choosing a
more active method: 30...Rd2 31.a4
(31.Rc6 Nd7) 31...a5 32.Rc6 Nd7 Here the
activity of black's pieces will most likely
lead to a further reduction in the number of
pawns.]
31.Kf1 [Even though Black's defenses are
strong, White still has some chances for
success.]
31...a5 [All of the soldiers are defended
now.]
32.Ke2 [Apparently Boris is planning an
exchange of rooks, reducing matters to a
king race. After Ke2–e3 he can play Rc1–
c6, opening up the road for his king. I
suspect that Vishy is already regretting the
fact that he didn't put his rook on d2. Now
there's no getting there... The champion
continues to ponder, and his time advantage
is melting away: 0:30 - 0:56. The battle
continues.]
32...Nd5 [Realizing that a passive tactic could lead to serious problems, Anand --
albeit belatedly -- strives for counter-play.
Oh well, better late than never! The knight
aims for b4 or f4. One also has to work out
whether Black can hold the rook endgame
after an exchange on d5 followed by Rc1–
c6.]
[If 32...Kf8 33.Ke3 Ke7 34.Rc7+ Ke6
35.Rb7 Black has fallen into the wrestling
pit. White has quite a few resources for
improving his position (for example, a2–a3,
g2–g3, Bf3–e2–c4) while Black has
nothing, aside from the desperate attack ...
g6–g5–g4. And, of course, the knight jump
to d5 again.]
33.g3 [Technical prophylaxis.]
[If 33.Bxd5 Rxd5 34.Rc6 Black is saved by
the activity of his rook. For example:
34...Re5+ 35.Kd3 Rd5+ 36.Kc4 (36.Kc3 b5 37.Ra6 b4+ 38.Kc4 Rg5 39.g3 h4!
40.g4 Re5=) 36...Rd2 37.a4 Rxf2 38.Rxb6
Rxg2 39.b4 axb4 40.a5 Ra2 41.Kxb4 g5
42.Rb5 f6 43.Kb3 (43.Kc5 g4=) 43...Ra1
44.Kb2 Ra4 45.Kb3 Ra1 with a draw by
repetition.]
33...Ne7 [The knight makes an interesting
whirligig. Apparently it is planning to go to
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d4 via f5. The clocks show 0:19 - 0:49.]
[In my analysis I did not find any serious
problems with the calmer 33...Kg7 . For
example, 34.a3 Ne7! and the knight
descends on d4 with even greater effect.]
34.Be4 [Cutting off the cavalry's raid.
After]
[34.Rc7 Nf5 35.Be4 Re6! 36.Kd3 Rd6+
37.Kc3 Nd4! we have arrived at a rather
strange position, which I find personally
surprising, in which for the time being
White's three pieces are unable to overcome
Black's two.]
34...Kg7 [Diagram
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All as it should be. Without the
collaboration of all of his pieces Black can
hardly expect a positive outcome. It's best
not to count on study-like miracles. You
need a certain reserve of solidity in your
position... And suddenly... What? WHY A
DRAW? I have to admit that I completely
fail to understand Gelfand's decision [to
offer a draw]. There was no risk of any kind
for White, and no matter what happens he
will retain a small advantage. You might
say that he didn't like the time situation? I
think that in such a simple position it would
not be a problem to quickly make six
moves. From the competitive viewpoint the
challenger is categorically wrong. One must
never let the champion off the hook so
easily! If you have any kind of advantage --
press on, keep playing, keep trying! If you
give him presents like this you can hardly
hope to win the match. Oh well, Boris is his
own boss. It's his decision... Thank you for
your attention, dear readers. I, grandmaster
Sergey Shipov, bid you farewell until the
day after tomorrow, when the fifth game
will take place. Best wishes.]
½-½
Gelfand,Boris (2727) − Anand,Viswanathan (2791) [D45]WCh Moscow (4), 15.05.2012
[Naiditsch,Arkadij,Taner,Harun]
[Before the beginning of the 4th game, we
probably all have been very curious what
actually Gelfand will prepare against
Anand's Slav. As I saw the first moves, I
was expecting a big novelty, but...lets take a
closer look at the game.]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6
5.Nf3 a6 [Till here nothing new, we are in the "game 2 " of the match.]
6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0
Bd6 10.Qc2 [And this is the difference to the game 2, where Gelfand tried 10. Rc1
and not managed to reach any advantage]
10...e5 [The most logical reaction, however
the main move of the position is 10...h6.
The text move leads to very concrete lines -
as we will see -, but in our computer era, we
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could be sure, that both teams analysed
deeply the quick e5 as well.]
11.cxd5 cxd5 [Diagram
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] 12.e4 [12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 this
position have been played many times as
well and Black proved to be totally fine
here] 12...exd4 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nf6 [we are still in the theory which usually
has been played "just to make a draw"]
15.h3 [this is sort of a "novelty" but of course a very logical move against Black's
main idea to play Bg4] [Now 15.Nxd4
meets by 15...Be5! brings nothing to White;
Just a few days before, there was a nice
game in the US Championship which
continued with 15.Rae1 Bg4! 16.Nxd4 Rc8
17.Qb1 Rc5! This is Black's basic idea to
win back the pawn. We will meet this in the
game as well. 18.Bg5 Rxd5! 19.Bxh7+ Kh8
20.Nf5 Nxh7 (20...g6! was even stronger,
seems Black is about to be winning.) 21.Bxd8 Bxf5 22.Qc1 Rxd8 Black was fine
in Kaidanov-Hess, Saint Louis 2012 game.]
15...Bd7 [Very quickly played by Anand.
At this moment it has been clear, Gelfand
will reach nothing out of opening today.
You can not win a game against a World
Champion, if you try to reach a 50,01%-
49,99% position out of opening. Of course,
playing that way Gelfand doesn't need to
worry about losing a White game, but I
don't think it is a good strategy to give away
the White color for the second time! In the
first game it was more understandable, since
Anand surprised him with 5...a6, but now it
was already predictable.] 16.Rad1 Re8! [very quickly played by Black - and
probably it is very strong move as well.] [it
would be great to play 16...Qb6 but White
always have 17.Bg5]
17.Nxd4 [the only critical move in the
position] [In case of 17.Rfe1 Black has two
ways to react. The calm 17...Rxe1+ (Or the
sharp 17...Qb6!? 18.Rxe8+ (18.Bg5
Rxe1+! 19.Rxe1 Bb4 Black plays Rc8 and
h6 next moves and he is fine.) 18...Rxe8
19.Bg5 Nxd5! 20.Bxh7+ Kf8! 21.Be4 Nb4
22.Qb1 Bc5 Whit a very complex position,
which is playable for both sides.) 18.Rxe1
Rc8 19.Qb1 h6 20.Nxd4 Bc5! and Nxd5
next equalizes.]
17...Rc8 18.Qb1 [Diagram
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Please notice the funny situation on the d-
file! All the squares are occupied by a piece.
:)]
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18...h6! [And again quickly played by
Black - Anand is still in his home
preparation.]
[18...Rc5 is looking logical, but it is a bad
move because of 19.Nf3! Rxd5 (19...h6 is
too late now 20.Bb4! Rxd5 21.Bxd6 Rxd6
22.Bh7+ and White is an exchange up) 20.Bc4! suddenly the weakness of the
position is the pawn on f7! 20...Rf5 21.Ng5
and Black has to face big troubles. The
pawn on f7 is very hardly to protectable ,
plus the very dangerous hanging pieces on
the d line gives White a big advantage]
19.Nf5?! [This move is leading basicly to
an immediate draw]
[19.Nf3 is looking like the only chance for
White to continue the game for an
advantage, but of course here as well things
are looking pretty equal 19...Bb5!?
(19...Nxd5 is an alternative as well 20.Be4
(of course not 20.Bh7+? Kh8 21.Bxh6
Nc3! this is why Black has included Rc8–
Qb1 moves) 20...Bc6 21.Nd4 White takes
the bishop pair worsens the pawn structure,
but Black gains active piece play for that
21...Qf6 (21...Bc7!? is also possible
22.Nxc6 bxc6 with the idea of Qd6) 22.Nxc6 bxc6 Qe5 threats now 23.Rfe1
(23.Bf3 Nf4 with the unpleasant threat of
Nxh3) 23...Bc5 24.Bf3 Nc3 25.Bxc3 Qxc3
should be a draw with the oppposite colored
bishops.) 20.Bxb5 axb5 21.Be3 b4 position
is looking like a simple pawn up for White,
but actually things are very far from being
that clear. Black got couple of counter-play
ideas. For example Ne4–c3 is looking not
very pleasant for White, or maybe Ra8–Qa5
with the pressure on the pawns a2 and d5 in
the same time. I think if White got any
advantage here, it is a really minimal one.]
19...Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Rc5! [Black is winning
back the pawn on d5, which equalizes the
position not only materially.]
21.Rfe1 Rxd5 [As Gelfand pointed out at
the press conference, despite having the
bishop pair, he can not hope for an
advantage, due to the unfortunate situation
of the bishops. Especially the f5 bishop
stands poorly, if it was on f3 for example,
White could have a clear plus.]
22.Bc3 Rxe1+ [22...Be5 was also
perfectly fine.] 23.Rxe1 Bc5! [not being afraid of 24. Bxf6 gxf6! , where only White
can be worse. The bishop on c5 and the
upcoming Rd2 are making the position at
least equal.]
24.Qc2 Bd4 [Black is getting rid of
White's bishop pair, which almost means "it
is time to agree to a draw"]
25.Bxd4 [White can not escape from the
bishop exchange 25.Bb4 Qb6!� With the
double threat of Qxb4 and Bxf2!]
25...Rxd4 26.Qc8 g6 [Diagram
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Black is fixing the king side structure]
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27.Bg4 h5 [Of course not 27...Nxg4?? 28.Re8+]
28.Qxd8+ Rxd8 29.Bf3 [Finally the
bishop has reached its ideal square, but it is
already too late. Black successfully
exchanged the other bishop.]
29...b6! [Whites only idea is to play b4–
a4–a5, but he is not in time for it. Black is
putting his pieces to the perfect places, from
where the R+B will be not better than R+N]
30.Rc1 [30.b4 Rd4 31.a3 Rd3 and Black is
the first one who is attacking the pawns]
30...Rd6 31.Kf1 a5 32.Ke2 [probably here Whites missed their only mini chance
of playing for a win]
[32.Rc6! the only chance has been to get
into an endgame with bishop against the
knight, but it seems like the Black King is in
time to cover everything 32...Rxc6 33.Bxc6
Kf8 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Kd3 Kd6 and the Black
King is coming first to the middle of the
board. Anyhow, Black would still need to
continue an accurate play to reach a draw
here.] 32...Nd5! [Diagram
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the most exact way of making a draw, the
Black knight is going to f5!]
33.g3 Ne7 34.Be4 Kg7 [and the position is a total draw, Black will play Kf6–Nf5.
Quite pity for us to see another short game.
We can only hope, that Anand will show
finally something with the White colour! It
is time to...]
½-½
Gelfand,Boris (2727) − Anand,Viswanathan (2791) [D45]WCh Moscow (4), 15.05.2012
[Chess Tigers,Taner,Harun]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3
0-0 9.0-0 Bd6 10.Qc2 [Die eigentliche Hauptfortsetzung in dieser Variante.]
[In der zweiten Partie spielte Gelfand
10.Rc1 1/2–1/2 (25) Gelfand (2727) -
Anand (2791), Moskau 2012]
10...e5 [10...h6 11.e4 dxc4 12.bxc4 e5
13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Rad1 Ng4
16.g3 Bd4 17.Kg2 Ne5 18.Be2 Qd7 19.Kh1
Qh3 20.Bf4 Ng4 21.Bxg4 Bxg4 22.f3 Bxc3
23.fxg4 Bd4 24.c5 Rfe8 25.Bd6 Bf6 26.Qe2
Re6 27.e5 Rae8 28.Rf5 g6 29.Rxf6 Rxf6
30.Rb1 h5 31.gxh5 gxh5 32.Kg1 h4 33.Qg2
Qf5 34.Rb4 Rxe5 35.Bxe5 Qxe5 36.Rb1 h3
37.Qd2 Qxc5+ 38.Kh1 Qf2 0–1 Shirov
(2715) - Gelfand (2733), Odessa 2007]
11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 exd4 13.Nxd5
Nxd5 14.exd5 Nf6 15.h3 [15.Qc4 Bg4
16.Qxd4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nxd5 18.Kh1 Nf6
19.Bc3 Be7 20.Rad1 Qxd4 21.Bxd4 Rfd8
22.Be5 Kf8 23.Rfe1 Rac8 24.Bf5 Rxd1
25.Rxd1 Rc5 26.f4 g6 27.Bb1 Ng4 28.Bd4
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Rc7 29.h3 Nf6 30.Be5 Rc5 31.Kg2 Ke8
32.Re1 Kd8 33.Bd4 Rd5 34.Bc3 Kd7 35.b4
Rd6 36.a3 Nh5 1/2–1/2 Avrukh (2632) -
Wang Hao (2684), Dagomys 2008]
15...Bd7 16.Rad1 Re8N [Diagram
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Ohne große Mühe hat Schwarz nahezu
vollständig ausgeglichen.]
17.Nxd4 [Den Bauern holt sich Schwarz bald zurück.]
17...Rc8 18.Qb1 h6 19.Nf5 Bxf5
20.Bxf5 Rc5 21.Rfe1 Rxd5 [Weiß besitzt
das Läuferpaar, was ihm einen minimalen
Vorteil sichert, doch wie Gelfand in der
Pressekonferenz selbst sagte, sind seine
Figuren nicht optimal postiert, weshalb sich
daraus kaum einen Nutzen ziehen lässt.]
22.Bc3 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Bc5 24.Qc2
Bd4 [Von Anand als möglicherweise
ungenau bezeichnet.]
[Besser gefiel ihm im Nachhinein 24...Qb6
.] 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Qc8 g6 27.Bg4 h5 28.Qxd8+ Rxd8 29.Bf3 b6 30.Rc1 Rd6
31.Kf1 a5 32.Ke2 [Diagram
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] [Während der Partie waren sich beide
Spieler nicht sicher, ob Weiß vielleicht das
Endspiel ohne Türme nach 32.Rc6!?
versuchen sollte. Aber nach weiter
32...Rxc6 33.Bxc6 Kf8 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Ke3
Kd6= ist die Stellung wohl remis.]
32...Nd5 33.g3 Ne7 34.Be4 Kg7 [Der Weltmeister bot Remis und der
Herausforderer akzeptierte.]
½-½
Gelfand,Boris (2739) − Anand,Viswanathan (2799) [D45]WCh Moscow (4), 15.05.2012
[Garcia,Leontxo,Taner,Harun]
[La 2|_ (25 jugadas) y 4|_ partida (34) del
Mundial han sido empates muy aburridos,
basados en análisis caseros con
supercomputadoras. Los ortodoxos llaman a
eso calidad, y lo es: la de las máquinas,
exenta de belleza porque en ajedrez es casi
imposible sin errores previos. El concepto
de calidad debería incluir el riesgo, la huída
de lo trillado y la combatividad, como en las
partidas de Carlsen, Topálov, Judit Polgar,
Shírov, Moroziévich y otros. Es el momento
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de generalizar el Ajedrez 960 (o Sistema
Fischer; se sortea la posición de las piezas
de la primera fila inmediatamente antes de
cada partida, lo que casi inutiliza toda la
teoría conocida y obliga a improvisar),
considerado como sacrílego por los más
fundamentalistas pero cada vez con más
partidarios entre los aficionados, hartos ya
de soportar este tipo de (+) calidad[+],
premiada con una bolsa de dos millones de
dólares, que aporta el mecenas ruso Andréi
Filátov:]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3
0-0 9.0-0 Bd6 [Diagram
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] 10.Qc2 [(la 2|_ fue así: 10.Rc1 e5
11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4
14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.dxe5 Nxe4 16.exd6 Qxd6
17.Be3 Bf5 18.Qxd6 Nxd6 19.Nd4 Rfe8
20.Nxf5 Nxf5 21.Bc5 h5 22.Rfd1 Rac8
23.Kf1 f6 24.Bb4 Kh7 25.Rc5 , tablas)]
10...e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 exd4 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nf6 15.h3 Bd7
16.Rad1 Re8 17.Nxd4 Rc8 18.Qb1 h6 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Rc5 21.Rfe1
Rxd5 22.Bc3 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Bc5 24.Qc2 Bd4 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Qc8 g6
27.Bg4 h5 28.Qxd8+ Rxd8 29.Bf3 b6
30.Rc1 Rd6 31.Kf1 a5 32.Ke2 Nd5
33.g3 Ne7 34.Be4 Kg7 [Diagram
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Tablas.] ½-½
Gelfand,Boris (2727) − Anand,Viswanathan (2791) [D45]WCh Moscow (4), 15.05.2012
[Prado,Oscar de,Taner,Harun]
[3a partida del match y veremos que traen
ambos jugadores preparado.] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 [Anand
repite la variante de la 2a partida veremos
que tiene Gelfand contra esto.] 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Bd6
10.Qc2 [Diagram
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Gelfand es el primero en desviarse y escoge
la jugada más habitual, en la 2a partida
eligió] [10.Rc1 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 dxe4
13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 tablas en 25
Gelfand,B.-Anand,V. 2a (m)] 10...e5 [Esta jugada parece correcta, la idea es similar a
la de la 2a partida, y se ha jugado poco, la
más jugada aquí es h6 y se han probado
varias jugadas blancas, con h6 Gelfand tenía
experiencia tanto con blancas como con
negras.] [10...h6 11.Ne2 (11.e4 dxc4 12.bxc4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5
Bxe5 15.Rad1 Ng4 16.g3 Bd4 17.Kg2
Ne5 18.Be2 Qd7 19.Kh1 Qh3 20.Bf4
Ng4 21.Bxg4 Bxg4 22.f3 Bxc3 23.fxg4
Bd4 24.c5 Rfe8 25.Bd6 Bf6 26.Qe2 Re6
27.e5 Rae8 28.Rf5 g6 29.Rxf6 Rxf6
30.Rb1 h5 31.gxh5 gxh5 32.Kg1 h4
33.Qg2 Qf5 34.Rb4 Rxe5 35.Bxe5
Qxe5 36.Rb1 h3 37.Qd2 Qxc5+ 38.Kh1
Qf2 0–1 (38) Shirov,A (2715) -Gelfand,B
(2733) Odessa UKR 2007; 11.Rad1 e5
12.cxd5 cxd5 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4
15.Bxe4 exd4 16.Nxd4 Nf6 17.h3 Nxe4
18.Qxe4 Re8 19.Qf3 Qh4 20.Be3 Qe4
21.Qxe4 Rxe4 22.Nf3 Be7 23.Rfe1 Be6
24.Nd4 Bb4 25.Rf1 Re8 26.Nxe6 R4xe6
27.Rd7 R6e7 28.Rfd1 f6 29.g4 Kf7
30.Kg2 Rxd7 31.Rxd7+ Re7 32.Rd8
Re8 33.Rd3 Ke7 34.Rd4 Bd6 35.Kf3
Rc8 36.Rd2 Bb4 37.Re2 Kf7 38.h4 Ba5
39.h5 Rc6 40.Rb2 Bb4 41.Rb1 Rc2
42.a4 Bc5 43.Rd1 Bxe3 44.fxe3 Ke6
45.Rd8 Rc3 46.b4 Rc4 47.Rd4 Rc6
48.Ke4 Rc1 49.a5 Rb1 50.Rc4 Rg1
51.Kf3 Kd6 52.Rd4+ Ke6 53.Re4+ Kd6
54.Re8 Rc1 55.Rd8+ Ke7 56.Rb8 Rc7
57.Ke4 Ke6 58.Kd4 Kd6 59.e4 Rd7
60.Rg8 Kc6+ 61.Ke3 Kd6 62.Kf4 Ke6
63.Re8+ Kf7 64.Rb8 Ke6 65.Rc8 Re7
66.Rc5 Rd7 67.b5 axb5 68.Rxb5 Kd6
69.Kf5 Kc6 70.Rb6+ Kc5 71.Kg6 Re7
72.Rb1 Rxe4 73.Kxg7 Rxg4+ 74.Kxh6
Kc6 75.Rb6+ Kc7 76.Rxf6 Ra4 77.Rf5
Rg4 78.Rg5 Rf4 79.Kg6 Kd6 80.h6 Ke7
81.h7 Rf6+ 82.Kh5 Rf8 83.Rg8 Rf5+
84.Kg6 Rf6+ 85.Kg5 Rf1 86.h8Q Rg1+
87.Kf4 Rxg8 88.Qxg8 Kd6 89.a6 1–0
(89) Carlsen,M (2625)-Erenburg,S (2573)
Reykjavik ISL 2006; 11.Rae1 Re8 12.c5 Bc7 13.e4 e5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.dxe5
Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Rxe5 17.Ne2 d4 18.Ng3
Be6 19.Rxe5 Bxe5 20.Re1 Qc7 21.Qc1
Nd7 22.b4 Nf8 23.f4 Bf6 24.Nh5 Bh4
25.Rf1 f5 26.Be1 Bxe1 27.Rxe1 Rd8
28.a3 Kh8 29.Ng3 Qf7 30.c6 Rc8
31.Qc5 Rxc6 32.Qxd4 Ng6 33.h4 Qd7
34.Qxd7 Bxd7 35.Bxf5 Bxf5 36.Nxf5
Nxf4 37.Re8+ Kh7 38.Re7 Kg6 39.Nd4
Rc3 40.Rxb7 Rxa3 41.Kf2 Kf6 42.g3
Nd5 43.b5 axb5 1/2–1/2 (43) Zhou
Jianchao (2655)-Jakovenko,D (2718)
Moscow RUS 2011) 11...Re8 12.Rad1
(12.Ng3 e5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Rad1 exd4
15.Nxd4 Nb4 16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Qb1 Nd5
18.Bf5 Qc7 19.Rfe1 N7f6 20.e4 Ne7
21.Bxc8 Raxc8 22.Qc1 c5 23.Nf3 Ng4
24.Ba5 Qxa5 25.Rxd6 Qxa2 26.Re2
Qxb3 27.h3 Nxf2 28.Rxf2 Kg8 29.Nh5
Rc6 30.Rd7 Ng6 31.Qa1 1–0 (31)
Gelfand,B (2723)-Sokolov,I (2689) Wijk
aan Zee 2006) 12...e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5
14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.h3 Bd7
17.Bc3 Rc8 18.Qb2 Bxc3 19.Nxc3 Qc7
20.Ne2 Qe5 21.Qxe5 Rxe5 22.Rfe1 a5
23.Nd4 Rc3 24.f3 g6 25.Kf2 Kf8 26.Rd2
Re8 27.g4 Rec8 28.Ne2 R3c5 29.Rb1 Bb5
30.Bxb5 Rxb5 31.Nd4 Rbc5 32.b4 axb4
33.Rxb4 R8c7 34.Rdb2 Ra5 35.Rb6 Nd7
36.Rxg6 Ne5 37.Rgb6 Nd3+ 38.Kg3 Nxb2
39.Rxb2 b5 40.Rxb5 Rxb5 41.Nxb5 Rc2
42.a4 Rc4 43.Nd4 Rxa4 44.Nf5 Ra6 45.h4
Re6 46.Kf4 Kg8 47.h5 Kh7 48.Nd4 Re8
49.Nb5 Re6 50.Nd4 1/2–1/2 (50)
Jakovenko,D (2716)-Rublevsky,S (2681)
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] 11...cxd5 12.e4 [De nuevo una jugada similar a la de la 2a partida, la posición es la
misma salvo que la dama blanca está en c2
en vez de la torre en c1.] [12.dxe5 Nxe5
13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Rad1 Bg4 15.f3 Bd7
16.Ne2 Rc8 17.Qb1 Qb6 18.Rc1 Bb8 19.g3
h5 20.Qb2 Bb5 21.Bxb5 axb5 22.Kg2 b4
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rc1 Re8 25.Qc2 Bd6
26.Nf4 Bxf4 27.gxf4 Qb5 28.Kf2 Qd7
29.Rg1 Qh3 30.Rg2 Qh4+ 31.Kf1 Qh3
32.Kf2 Qh4+ 33.Kf1 Qh3 34.Kf2 1/2–1/2
(34) Braun,A (2567)-Vitiugov,N (2638)
Kallithea 2008] 12...exd4 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nf6 [Diagram
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] 15.h3!? [esto se ha jugado solo 1 vez y
parece que solo da igualdad, había algunas
partidas con otras jugadas más interesantes
como]
[15.Rfe1 Bg4 (15...h6 16.Qc4 Nxd5
17.Qxd4 Be6 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Bc4 Bc5
20.Qh4 Be7 21.Qg3 Bd6 22.Qh4 Be7
1/2–1/2 (22) Vera,R (2510)-Asis
Gargatagli,H (2371) Badalona 2006) 16.Nxd4 Rc8 17.Qb2 Rc5 18.h3 Rxd5
19.Bc3 Bc5 20.hxg4 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Rxd4
22.g5 Ng4 23.Be2 Rf4 24.Bf3 Qxg5 25.Qd2
Qf6 26.Rad1 Rxf3 27.gxf3 Ne5 28.Rxe5
Qxe5 29.Qe3 Qf6 30.Qe4 b5 31.a4 bxa4
32.bxa4 g6 33.Rd5 Rc8 34.Kg2 Rc3 35.f4
Rc8 36.a5 Rd8 37.Qe5 0–1 (37) Peralta,F
(2558)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2603)
Barcelona 2008; 15.Qc4 Bg4 16.Qxd4 Bxf3
17.gxf3 Nxd5 18.Kh1 (18.Rad1 Bc7
19.Bc1 Nf4 20.Bxf4 Qxd4 21.Bxh7+
Kxh7 22.Rxd4 Bxf4 23.Rxf4 Rad8
24.Rc1 Rd7 25.a4 Re8 26.Re4 Rxe4
27.fxe4 Rd3 28.Rc7 Rxb3 29.Rxf7 Rb4
30.f3 Kg6 31.Rd7 Rxa4 32.Rxb7 Ra2
33.h4 a5 34.Rb5 a4 35.Ra5 a3 36.Kf1
Kf6 37.h5 Ke6 38.f4 Kd6 39.Kg1 Kc6
40.e5 Kb6 41.Ra8 Kb7 42.Ra4 Kc6
43.f5 Re2 44.f6 gxf6 45.exf6 Re5
46.Rxa3 Rxh5 1/2–1/2 (46) Greenfeld, A
(2575)-Leitao,R (2604) Sao Paulo 2008) 18...Nf6 19.Bc3 Be7 20.Rad1 Qxd4
21.Bxd4 Rfd8 22.Be5 Kf8 23.Rfe1 Rac8
24.Bf5 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rc5 26.f4 g6 27.Bb1
Ng4 28.Bd4 Rc7 29.h3 Nf6 30.Be5 Rc5
31.Kg2 Ke8 32.Re1 Kd8 33.Bd4 Rd5
34.Bc3 Kd7 35.b4 Rd6 36.a3 Nh5 1/2–1/2
(36) Avrukh,B-Wang Hao Dagomys 2008;
15.Rae1 h6 (15...Bg4 esta partida se jugó
hace 2 días en el Cto de USA. 16.Nxd4 Rc8
17.Qb1 Rc5 18.Bg5? (18.h3=; 18.Be3=) 18...Rxd5 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Nf5 Nxh7?
(20...g6∓ 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22.Bxf6+ Qxf6
23.Bxg6 fxg6∓) 21.Bxd8 Bxf5 22.Qc1
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Rxd8÷ 23.Rd1 Bd3 24.Rfe1 Kg8 25.Qc3
Nf6 26.h3 Bb8 27.Re3 Bb5 28.Rxd5 Nxd5
29.Qd4 Bc7 30.Re1 Nf4 31.Qa1 Bb6
32.Rd1 Bd4 33.Qb1 Bd3 0–1 Kaidanov,G-
Hess,R. Cto Usa 13/5/2012) 16.Nxd4
(16.Qc4 Nxd5 17.Qxd4 Be6 18.Bb1 Rc8
19.Qd3 Nf6 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.Rd1 Rc5
22.Bb4 Rd5 23.Bxd6 Rxd6 24.Qc2 Bg4
25.f3 Rxd4 26.fxg4 Rxd1 27.Qxd1 Qxd1
28.Rxd1 Nxg4 29.Be4 b6 30.b4 Re8
31.Bf3 Ne5 32.Bb7 a5 33.bxa5 bxa5
34.a4 Rb8 35.Ba6 Rb4 36.Rd5 Ng4
37.Bd3 g6 38.Rxa5 Rd4 39.Be2 h5
40.h3 Rd2 41.Bf3 Ne3 42.Re5 Nf5
43.Kf1 Ra2 44.a5 Kg7 45.Bb7 Kf6
46.Rc5 Ne3+ 47.Kg1 h4 48.a6 Nxg2
49.Bxg2 Rxa6 50.Bd5 Kg7 51.Rc7 Rf6
52.Kg2 Rf5 53.Ba2 Rf4 54.Bd5 Rf5
55.Bf3 Rf4 56.Kf2 Kf6 57.Rc5 Kg7
58.Ke3 Ra4 59.Rc7 Kf6 60.Bd5 Ra3+
61.Kf4 g5+ 62.Kg4 Rg3+ 63.Kh5 Rxh3
64.Rxf7+ Ke5 65.Bf3 Ke6 66.Rf8 Ke7
67.Rf5 Rg3 68.Bg4 h3 69.Rf1 h2
70.Rh1 Rg2 71.Kxg5 Kd6 72.Kf4 Rf2+
73.Kg3 Rd2 74.Bf3 Ke5 75.Re1+ Kd4
76.Bg2 Rb2 77.Kxh2 Rb8 78.Kg3 Rg8+
79.Kf2 Rf8+ 80.Bf3 Rf6 81.Rd1+ Kc5 1–
0 (81) Timoscenko,G (2536)-Godena,M
(2490) Padova 1999) 16...Nxd5 17.Bc4 Nb6
18.Ba5 Bc7 19.Bxb6 Bxb6 20.Nf5 Bd4
21.Ne7+ Kh8 22.Qe4 Qb6 23.Nd5 Qa7
24.Rd1 Bc5 25.Nf4 b5 26.Bd3 g6 27.Qe5+
Kg8 28.Nd5 Bd4 29.Ne7+ Kh7 30.Bxg6+
fxg6 31.Rxd4 Re8 32.Re1 Bf5 33.g4 Bc2
34.Rf4 Rf8 35.Nd5 Qg7 36.Qxg7+ Kxg7
37.Re7+ Kh8 38.Rxf8+ Rxf8 39.h4 a5
40.g5 hxg5 41.hxg5 Rf5 42.Nf6 Rxg5+
43.Kh2 1–0 (43) Yevseev,D (2541)-
Dzhakaev,D (2401) St Petersburg 2001]
15...Bd7 [Diagram
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había una partida rápida con h6]
[15...h6 16.Rad1 Nxd5 17.Nxd4 Qf6 18.Be4
Nf4 19.Be3 Bxh3 20.gxh3 Qg5+ 21.Kh1
Qh4 22.f3 Nxh3 23.Kg2 Qg3+ 24.Kh1 Qh4
25.Kg2 Qg3+ 26.Kh1 Qh4 1/2–1/2 (26)
Krush Irina (USA) (2452)-Enhbat
Tegshsuren (USA) (2391) Internet 2005]
16.Rad1 [Curiosa posición con todas las piezas ocupando la columna "d"]
16...Re8N [Llega la novedad,Anand estaba
jugando muy rápido señal que tiene la
variante bien preparada,se conocía una
partida por correspondencia con 16....Rc8
17. Qb2 Qb6 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Bc5
20. Nf3 Nxd5 21. Be4 Bc6 22. Ne5 Rce8
23. Bxd5 Rxe5 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rfe1 Rd5
1–0, Galanov, Sergey - Boldysh,
Konstantin, corr. 2008]
17.Nxd4 Rc8 18.Qb1 h6 [evita Ag5 y se
libra de la amenaza del alfil sobre h7 y
amenza con recuperar su peón en d5.]
[18...g6!?]
19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Rc5 [Diagram
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Las negras han cedido la pareja de alfiles
pero ahora recuperarán su peón y la
posición está igualada.] 21.Rfe1 Rxd5
22.Bc3 [22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.Bc3 Be5
24.Rxd5 Nxd5=] 22...Rxe1+ [22...Be5
23.Rxd5 Qxd5 24.Bxe5 Rxe5=] 23.Rxe1 Bc5! [Anand busca cambiar el alfil de c3
que es más peligroso que el de f5 sin miedo
a que le tomen f6 ya que quedarían alfiles
de distinto color.] 24.Qc2 [24.Bxf6 gxf6
(24...Qxf6?? 25.Re8+ Bf8 26.Bh7+ Kh8
27.Rxf8#) 25.Qe4 Rd2 26.Qg4+ Kf8
27.Re2 Qd6=] 24...Bd4 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Qc8 g6 27.Bg4 h5 28.Qxd8+ Rxd8
29.Bf3 b6 [
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Después de algunos cambios más tenemos
una posición igualada donde las negras no
deben pasar problemas ya que no tienen
debilidades y el caballo no es peor que el
alfil.] 30.Rc1 Rd6 [Anand decide
defenderse sólido y pondrá sus peoens en
negro para que el alfil blanco no los pueda
atacar,era aún mejor jugar más activo con]
[30...Rd2! 31.Rc6 Nd7 32.Rc7 a5 33.Bc6
Nf6 34.Rb7 Rxa2 35.Rxb6 Ra1+ 36.Kh2
Kg7=] 31.Kf1 a5 32.Ke2 [Para el blanco es mejor mantener las torres y el alfil para
intentar conseguir algo,pero con buena
defensa la posición es tablas.] 32...Nd5
33.g3 [33.Bxd5 Rxd5 34.Rc6 b5 35.f4
b4=] 33...Ne7 [Diagram
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] 34.Be4 [34.Rc7 Kf8= a) 34...Nf5!? 35.Be4 Re6 36.Kd3 Rd6+ 37.Kc3 (37.Ke2
Re6) 37...Nd4 38.Kc4 Ne6 39.Rc8+ Kg7
40.Kb5 Nd4+ 41.Ka6 Rf6=; b) 34...Nd5=;
] 34...Kg7 [Y se firmaron las tablas ya que
la posición está igualada. Parece que
Gelfand tiene que mejorar con blancas para
intentar conseguir algo contra la linea de
5..a6 de Anand que de momento le hace
igualar sin problemas, veremos que nos
depara la 5a partida.]
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