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FAMOUS CHESS PLAYERS
Updated : Feb 2009
VISWATHAN ANAND SPECIAL PAGE
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The
indian grandmaster Viswanathan ("Vishy") Anand is the current World
Chess Champion, he is ranked 2nd in the FIDE rating list
with 2791 points. In 1987, at the age of 18, he became the first indian
to earn the title of grandmaster. His rise in the world's chess elite
started in the early 1990s, he won Reggio Emilia in 1991, a tournament
that included Kasparov and Karpov then at the peak of their career. He
lost the title match against Kasparov in 1995 in New York. Playing
chess at a lightning speed, even in high level events, he is also
recognized to be the strongest player in Advanced Chess. In 2000, he
became the World Champion FIDE by winning the FIDE World Chess
Championship knockout tournament held in Tehran after defeating
Alexei Shirov 3.5/0.5 in the final match , at this time the title of
World Chess Champion was split and Kramnik beat Kasparov in the PCA
World Championship. He lost his title in 2002, when Ruslan
Ponomariov won that year's FIDE knockout tournament.
In
2006, after having won several times such prestigious tournaments as
Corus Wijk Aan Zee, Morelia-Linares, Dortmund, he became the fourth
player ever to break the mark of 2800 Elo with 2803 points and in
2007 he managed for the first time to reach the top of the FIDE
rating list. In 2007, He became the undisputed unified World Champion
by winning the World Championship tournament in Mexico City. In 2008,
he retained his title in the World Championship held in Bonn,
Germany, that was a match between him and the 2006 World Champion
Kramnik. In this match the superiority of his preparation has
surprised most experts, because Kramnik was reputed to be unbeatable
in match whereas Anand didn't ever win the title in a duel
championship format, but with this victory he is now undoubtedly
undisputed. With this win, Anand became the first player in chess
history to have won the World Championship in three different formats:
Knockout, Tournament, and Match. The next step for Anand is to defend
his title in the WCC 2009 against the winner of the upcoming challenger
match between Topalov and Kamsky.
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Vishy
Anand did not take part in the Corus Chess 2009 Tournament; but the
"XXVIth Ciudad de Linares" will be a significant opportunity for the
Indian Grandmaster to proof his leading role. In the absence of Veselin
Topalov (N° 1 in the January 2009 FIDE Rating List), Viswanathan Anand
(N° 2 in the January 2009 FIDE Rating List) appears logically as the
favourite of the new edition of Linares Tournament. By the way, Vishy
Anand was the winner of the "Wimbledom of Chess" (Linares) twice, in
2007 and 2008.
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As an illustration of the Anand's style, we choose, an exciting
game played with Black against the young chess prodigy Sergey Karjakin
in the prestigious Corus Tournament at Wijk aan Zee 2OO6.
Karjakin, Sergey (2672) - Anand, Viswanathan (2779)
- (B90) Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation,
Byrne (English) Attack, 0-1,
"Corus" Wijk aan Zee 2006 -
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1.e4
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c5
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2.Nf3
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d6
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3.d4
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cxd4
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4.Nxd4
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Nf6
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5.Nc3
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a6
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6.Be3
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...
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The Najdorf is always also popular, at all levels!... Among the many
possible continuations, Karjakin chooses the well known Byrne
(English) Attack.
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6...
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e5!?
(e6)
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7.Nb3
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Usual
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Be6
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8.f3
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Main line
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Be7
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9.Qd2
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Idea: 0-0-0
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0-0
(Nbd7)
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10.0-0-0
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Main line
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Nbd7
Main line
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We have reaches here an important crossroads offering several
alternatives:
10...b5: like in the game 10...b5 11.g4
b4 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 a5 14.Kb1 a4 15.Nc1 Qa5 16.g5 Nfd7 17.Rg1 Na6
= (Calzetta Ruiz, Monica (2286) - Sebag, Marie (2403) 0-1 (B90)
Cannes Stroer (Women), 2003).
10...Qc7: for example 10...Qc7 11.g4
Rc8 12.g5 Nh5 13.Rg1 Nd7 14.Kb1 b5 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nb6 17.Na5
Bf8 +/= (Pedersen, Christian Kyndel (2396) - Kulaots, Kaldo (2572)
0-1 (B90) Gausdal GM-A, 2005).
10...a5: with the possible continuation
10...a5 11.Bb5 Na6 12.Qe2 Qc8 13.Na4 Nb4 14.Kb1 Qc7 15.a3 Nc6 +/=
(Sax, Gyula (2560) - Quinteros, Miguel Angel (2520) 1-0 (B90) Moscow
Interzonal, 1982).
10...Nc6!?: a secondary line; possibly
is: 10...Nc6!? 11.g4 Na5 12.h4 Rc8 13.h5 b5 14.g5 b4 15.Nd5?
(15.gxf6=) Nxd5 16.exd5 Bf5 -/+ (Triplett, Thomas - Fleming, W 0-1
(B90) Detroit-ch MI clsA, 1994).
DIAG 1
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11.g4
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Main line
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b5
Main line
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12.g5
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Main line
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b4
Main line
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13.Ne2!
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Main line
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...
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This line was introduced for the first time in the game: Lukin,
Andrei M - Shashin, Alexsander A 1-0 (B90) Leningrad-ch sf 7576,
1975. This is today still a popular variation, its practitioners
including the chess elite.
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13...
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Ne8
Only choice
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14.f4
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(14.Ng3!?)
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a5
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15.f5
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Main line
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a4
Main line
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At this stage, White has the choice of two alternatives: practical
experience does not make it clear which is best:
16.fxe6: with eventually the very
critical suite 16...axb3 (only choice) 17.exf7+ (17.cxb3?!) Rxf7
(Kh8?!) 18.Kb1!? (cxb3!?) bxc2+ 19.Kxc2 (19.Qxc2!? Bxg5 20.Bxg5 Qxg5
=/+) Nb6 (Topalov, Veselin (2757) - Vallejo Pons, Francisco (2686)
1-0 (B90) Linares 22nd, 2005).
16.Nbd4!?: as in the game 16.Nbd4!?
exd4 17.Nxd4 b3 18.Kb1 bxc2+ 19.Nxc2 Bb3 20.axb3 axb3 21.Na3 Ne5
22.h4 (Leko, Peter (2749) - Vallejo Pons, Francisco (2686) ˝-˝
(B90) Amber-rapid 14th, 2005).
«Viswanathan Anand Indian
Chess grandmaster»
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16.Nbd4!?
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Crucial choice
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exd4
(b3!?)
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17.Nxd4
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Only move
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b3
Best choice
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18.Kb1
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(18.a3!?)
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bxc2+
(bxa2?!)
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19.Nxc2
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(19.Qxc2?!)
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Bb3
(Bxa2+!?)
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20.axb3
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Only move
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axb3
Best move
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21.Na3
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Only move
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Ne5
(Nc7!?)
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All this line is currently fashionable at high level competition.
DIAG 2
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«Viswanathan Anand with the Leon Rapid
Chess Trophy in Leon 2005»
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22.h4
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(22.Qg2)
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Ra5!?
Idea: d5
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23.Qc3!?N
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Novelty
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...
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Recently played was: 22...Qb8 23.Rh3 Ra4 24.Bd4 ˝-˝ (Voroblov,
Evgeny (2529) - Magalashvili, Davit (2423) (B90) Moscow Aeroflot
op-B, 2005). Another fairly recent game, already mentioned above,
is: 22...Ra5 23.Qe2 d5 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.exd5 Bxa3 26.bxa3 Nd6 27.Bc5
/unclear (Leko, Peter (2749) - Vallejo Pons, Francisco (2686) ˝-˝
(B90) Amber-rapid 14th, 2005).
DIAG 3
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Perhaps Karjakin's Theoretical novelty will not have a great
future, but nevertheless it seems interesting; in particular ...d5
is now out of question.
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23...
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Qa8!=
Best retort!
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24.Bg2
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Pract. forced
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Nc7!!
Impressive!
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25.Qxc7
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(25.Bd2 -/+)
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Rc8!!
Double sacr.
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26.Qxe7
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(Qb6-/+)
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Nc4
Threat
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27.g6
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Only way
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hxg6!
Accurate
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28.fxg6
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Nxa3+!
Initiative
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29.bxa3
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Only choice
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Rxa3
Only choice
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30.gxf7+
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Only choice
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Kh7
Only choice
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DIAG 4
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Now we get a fine example of underpromotion - here to a Knight (N):
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31.f8=N+
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Only choice!
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Rxf8
(Kh8)
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32.Qxf8
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(-+)
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Ra1+
Only choice
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33.Kb2
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Forced
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Ra2+
Only choice
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34.Kc3?
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(34.Kb1 -+)
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...
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DIAG 5
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After this last move, White is mate in 6!... Better was: 34.Kb1
Qxf8 35.Bh3 Qa8 36.Bf5+ Kh8 37.Rc1 (Idea: Rc8+), but this ultimate
way loses equally; for example: 37...Ra1+ 38.Kb2 Qa3+ 39.Kc3 b2+
40.Kc4 bxc1=R+ 41.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 42.Bxc1 Qxc1+ etc...
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34...
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Qa5+
Only choice
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35.Kd3
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(or 35.Kd4)
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Qb5+
Mate in 4
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36.Kd4
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Ra4+
Mate in 3
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36.Kc3
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Qc4+
0-1
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DIAG 6
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In our opinion, a magnificent game!
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