Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP 2007 (10), Anand, Viswanathan - Carlsen, Magnus, 1-0, Ruy Lopez (Spanish) Closed: Morphy Defense (C96), Chess-Theory Viewer

ANALYSED GAME N^o 097
Updated: April 2008

Anand, V (2779) - Carlsen, M (2690)
[C96] - Morelia/Linares XXIV SuperGM
Morelia/Linares, MEX/
ESP (10), 04.03.2007

(Annotation: John E Hawkes)

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Spanish - Closed, Morphy Defence (C96)

1.e4 X1 e5 X2 2.Nf3 X3 Nc6 X4 3.Bb5 X5 a6 X6 4.Ba4 X7 Nf6 X8 5.0-0 X9 Be7 X10 6.Re1 X11 b5 X12 7.Bb3 X13 d6 X14 8.c3 X15 0-0 X16 9.h3 X17 Na5 X18 10.Bc2 X19 c5 X20 11.d4 X21 Nd7 X22

Keres' variation.

12.d5 X23

[ 12.Nbd2 X24 cxd4 X25 13.cxd4 X26 Bf6 X27 obliges White to close the centre; 14.d5 X28 Nb6 X29 15.Nf1 X30 Bd7 X31 16.b3 X32 Nb7 X33 17.g4 X34 Rc8= X35 Sakarov - Bronstein, USSR Ch 1963]

12...Nb6 X36 13.Nbd2 X37 g6 X38

With the knights over on the Q-side, the natural thrust...f5 looks unwise.

14.b4 X39 cxb4 X40

[ is probably the correct move. An alternative choice is: 14...Nb7 X41 ]

15.cxb4 X42 Nac4 X43 16.Nxc4 X44 Nxc4 X45 17.Bb3 X46 Nb6 X47

[ 17...f5 X48 18.Bxc4 X49 bxc4 X50 19.Bh6 X51 Rf7 X52 20.Rc1 X53 a5 X54 21.b5 X55 Bd7 X56 22.a4 X57 Rc8 X58 is slightly better for White.]

18.Be3 X59 Bd7 X60 19.Rc1 X61 Rc8 X62 20.Rxc8 X63 Bxc8 X64 21.Qc2 X65 Bd7 X66

Progress with development is not at all smooth for Magnus.

22.Rc1 X67 Na8 X68

Stops the incursion on his second rank, but White is clearly better now. But no won game can be pronounced yet.

23.Qd2 X69 Qb8 X70 24.Bg5? X71

I don' t know if any other commentator has criticised this move - but I will!

24...Bxg5 X72 25.Nxg5 X73 Rc8? X74

[ 25...Kg7 X75 26.f4 X76 ( 26.Bd1!? X77 ) 26...h6 X78 27.Nf3 X79 ( 27.fxe5 X80 hxg5 X81 28.e6 X82 can be defended. ) 27...Qb6+ X83 28.Kh2 X84 f6 X85 is a very solid position, and if the knight can be brought back into play Magnus might even have the better prospects. The dreaded Spanish bishop of Anand is never going to do anything nasty!]

26.Rf1 X86 h6 X87 27.Ne6! X88

A great player from the past who' s name escapes me said : ' Get a knight to e6 and you can go to sleep!' Especially if the opponents pieces are all away on the Qside, like here!

[ 27.Nxf7 X89 Kxf7 X90 28.Qxh6 X91 Rh8 X92 is clearly a bad sacrifice, but this 27.Ne6 is good if captured, as it activates the dormant ' bad' bishop on b3. One might also say that it is Anand' s only, forced, move!]

27...Kh7 X93 28.f4 X94
The only way to continue the attack.
28...Qa7+ X95 29.Kh2 X96 Be8 X97

[ 29...fxe6 X98 30.dxe6 X99 Be8 X100 31.f5 X101 Qc7 X102 32.f6 X103 Bc6 X104 33.e7 X105 Nb6 X106 34.Rd1! X107 Bxe4 X108 35.Qxd6 X109 game over!]

30.f5 X110 gxf5 X111 31.exf5 X112 f6 X113 32.Re1 X114

Envisaging a lift to h4 via e4.

32...Nc7 X115

Back into play - but it gets pinned.

33.Rc1! X116 Bd7 X117 34.Rc3 X118 e4 X119

Black is absolutely lost.

[ 34...Nxe6 X120 35.dxe6 X121 Rxc3 X122 36.exd7! X123 Rxh3+ X124 37.gxh3 X125 Qxd7 X126 38.Qd5+- X127 Qxf5 X128 39.Qg8# X129 ]

35.Rg3 X130 Nxe6 X131 36.dxe6 X132 Be8 X133 37.e7 X134 Bh5 X135 38.Qxd6

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«Super-GM Morelia-Linares 2007 (10)
Anand, Viswanathan vs Carlsen, Magnus
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