[Event «Tematurnering Våren 2014»]
[Site «Gibraltar»]
[Date «2014.05.01»]
[Round «?»]
[White «?»]
[Black «?»]
[Result «*»]
[ECO «E20»]
[PlyCount «21»]
[EventDate «2014.??.??»]
[EventCountry «GGB»]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 {Utgangsstillingen} d5 (4…
O-O 5. e4 (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 {er mest populært for tiden. Andre alternativ er} (6… Ne8) (6… d5) (6… c5) 7. Nh3 f5 8.
Bg5 Nf6) 5… d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 f6 10. exf6 {Se Mamedyarov – Aronian Fides kandidatturnering 2014}) (4…c5 d5 {Denne varianten er sorts skarpeste alternativ. En Benonilignende stilling med den forskjellen at sorts
løper står på b4 istedenfor g7} O-O (5… b5 {veldig skarpt. F.eks.} 6. e4 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8.
f4 d6 {Se Fier – Adams Tradewise 2014}) (5… Nh5 {er en annen morsom variant. Sort truer Dh4+ og sort må spille} 6. Nh3 ({eller}6. g3)
) 6. e4 d6 {Se Nakamura-Carlsen Gashimov 2014})

5. a3 Bxc3+ (5… Be7 {se partiet
Nakamura-Carlsen Zurich 2014}) 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 (7… exd5 8. e3 O-O (
8… c4 {tar terreng, hindrer Ld3 og planlegger bondestorm på dronningfløyen.
Men minsker trykket på d4 og sort kan lettere spille på kongefløyen med e4.
Se Anand-Carlsen VM 2013.}) 9. Bd3
b6 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. O-O Re8 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2) 8. dxc5 {«Planen
er enkel – mens sort prøver å vinne tilbake bonden, kan hvit fullføre
utviklingen og takket være løperparet ha fordel.» (Botvinnik 1941)} Qa5 (8…
f5 {gjør det mindre attraktivt for hvit å spille e4, men svekker seg på de
svarte feltene.} 9. Nh3 ( 9. Qc2 {er mer fleksibelt Se Anand – Kramnik VM 2008}) 9… O-O (9… Qa5 {er mer aktivt og øker i popularitet, men rokade er vanligere og tryggere})) 9. e4 Nf6 (9… Ne7 {er
mest spilt, men teksttrekket er mer populært og spilles mer og mer.
Springeren kan senere gå til d7 å angripe bonden på c5}) 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 {Mest spilt. Andre alternativ er}
(11. Kf2) (11. Rb1) (11. Nh3) (11. Ne2) *

[Event «Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2014»]
[Site «Shamkir»]
[Date «2014.04.27»]
[Round «7»]
[White «Nakamura»]
[Black «Carlsen, Gashimov 2014»]
[Result «0-1»]
[ECO «E20»]
[WhiteElo «2772»]
[BlackElo «2881»]
[Annotator «Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro»]
[PlyCount «104»]
[EventDate «2014.??.??»]
[EventCountry «AZE»]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 {The 4.f3 variation, which has different
names according to who you ask – including Gheorghiu Variation, Shirov
Variation and Kmoch Variation – is a sharp way of meeting the Nimzo and has
been on the spotlight recently.} c5 (4… d5 {Nakamura-Carlsen Zurich}) 5. d5
O-O (5… b5 $5) 6. e4 d6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 (7… Re8 {was played by Nakamura
himself against Le Quang Liem in 2011.}) 8. Nge2 Ne5 9. Ng3 exd5 10. cxd5 {We
are now relatively out of opening. The position resembles a Benoni except that
Black’s bishop is all the way out on b4 instead of on g7. This has some good
things and some bad things. Mainly good is the fact that the bishop can
re-route to the g1-a7 diagonal which is quite exposed.} Bd7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Be2
b5 13. O-O c4 {Black is very quick about activating his counterplay. White
aims at neutralizing this and counterattacking when all his pieces are placed
properly.} 14. Be3 Bb6 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. Nd1 Bc8 17. Kh1 Nfd7 18. f4 Ng6 19. Bxb6
Rxb6 {Both sides are maneuvering to improve their pieces. White has achieved
f4, kicking out the knight from f4, meanwhile Black has established his b5-c4
pawn chain and hopes to reinforce it with a powerful knight on c5. Both sides
have interesting chances. Black will seek to pressure e4 while advancing his
queenside pawn chain. White seeks to create kingside pressure while
undermining Black’s position in the other flank.} 20. Ne3 Nc5 21. Bd1 Nd3 22.
f5 $5 {Quite aggressive. Nakamura uses the fact that the knight cannot really
go back to e5.} Ngf4 (22… Nge5 23. f6 $16 {lands Black in serious trouble.})
23. a4 $1 {Combining play in both flanks proves problematic for Black.} (23. f6
Qxf6 {is not dangerous at all.}) 23… a6 24. Ng4 h5 25. Nf2 (25. Rxf4 $5 {Was
at least worth consideration, but it is not an easy move to play.} Nxf4 (25…
hxg4 26. Rxg4 Ne5 27. a5 $1 Rb7 28. Rg5 $14) 26. Nh6+ gxh6 27. Qxf4 Qg5 28. Qf2
$1 {The rook on b6 is hanging.} Rb7 29. Nxh5 $16 {with very obvious
compensation, though it’s hard to say over the board how much that is, further
analysis seems to show it is too much for Black to retain all of his material.}
) 25… Qf6 26. Nxd3 (26. Nxh5 {was another possibility.}) 26… Nxd3 27. Qe3
Rb7 28. Nxh5 Qh6 29. Qxh6 gxh6 {White has emerged up a pawn, but Black retains
very serious compensation. His knight on d3 is quite powerful and with the
queens off the board the knight on h5 looks rather silly. If White can
consolidate he will still have a rough time trying to push his pawns forward.}
30. axb5 axb5 31. Bc2 $5 {Not one to sit back passively, Nakamura aims to
create kingside play at the cost of his queenside.} Ne5 $5 {Seems passive, but
it does not allow counterplay.} (31… Nxb2 32. Rf3 b4 33. Rg3+ Kh8 34. Ra6 $5
{Is a very hard to assess position. Carlsen must have been afraid of something
like this, in which White sacrifices his bishop for two pawns but retains
control over the rest of the board.}) 32. Ra6 Rd8 {Somewhere starting now
Nakamura starts to go wrong. Maybe bringing his knight back was not the best
idea, and it was more important to simply secure the a-file by doubling on it.}
33. Ng3 $2 {The start of a bad idea.} (33. Rfa1 b4 34. b3 Rb8 $1 $44) (33. Rb1
$5 b4 34. Ra8 b3 35. Bd1 Nd3 36. Kg1 {Black retains compensation, but White’s
king is now inching into the fight and it would consolidate the position if it
reached c3.}) 33… Rb8 34. Ra7 b4 35. Ne2 Bd7 36. Rfa1 Bb5 37. h3 {Now Black
is far too active and the knight is not in a good square.} (37. Nd4 b3 38. Bd1
c3 39. bxc3 b2 40. Rb1 Bd3 41. Bc2 Bxc2 42. Nxc2 Rdc8 {is already losing for
White.} 43. Ra3 Nc4 44. Ra2 Rb3 $1 $19) 37… Rdc8 38. Kh2 {White’s last two
moves indicate that he has no plan and that Black will surely succeed on the
queenside.} c3 39. Nd4 cxb2 40. Rb1 Rc4 41. Nxb5 Rxc2 42. Nd4 Rd2 $6 (42… b3
$1 {Was stronger and more direct. The threat of Nc4-d2 is unstoppable.} 43. Nc6
Nf3+ 44. Kg3 Nd2 {The big difference with the other variation is that now d2
is vacant for the Black knight.}) 43. Nc6 Re8 44. Ra4 Nd3 45. Nxb4 Nf2 {Black
still holds a big initiative and the pawn on b2 is still powerful.} 46. Ra2 Nd1
47. Rxd1 Rxd1 48. Rxb2 Rxe4 {White sacrifices material to get rid of his
problems, but he is now simply down an exchange without compensation.} 49. Nc6
Kg7 50. f6+ Kxf6 51. Rf2+ Kg6 52. Nd8 Re8 (52… Re8 53. Nxf7 Rxd5 {traps the
knight.}) 0-1

[Event «FIDE Candidates Tournament 2014»]
[Site «Khanty-Mansiysk»]
[Date «2014.03.23»]
[Round «9»]
[White «Mamedyarov»]
[Black «Aronian, Fide kandidatturnering 2014»]
[Result «1-0»]
[ECO «E20»]
[WhiteElo «2757»]
[BlackElo «2830»]
[Annotator «Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro»]
[PlyCount «87»]
[EventDate «2014.??.??»]
[EventCountry «RUS»]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 f6 10. exf6 Qe8+ $5 {Technically not a new move just yet, but
the idea the Aronian brings to the table is interesting and exciting.} 11. Qe2
Qf7 $5 {The point. Black improves his queen and threatens ideas involving Re8.
It is uncomfortable to face this in a real game, over the board.} 12. fxg7 {
Mamedyarov didn’t think too long before accepting the challenge head on.} Re8
13. Be3 Nc6 {Objectively speaking it is difficult to find a move for White.}
14. Qd2 $1 {A good practical decision.} (14. f4 $5 {Has the idea of quickly
playing Nf3 and Ne5, but this is not so easy.} Nb6 15. Nf3 Bg4 $1 {and already
there are too many threats to defend against.}) 14… Na5 15. Rb1 Nb6 16. Rb4 {
White is sacrificing the exchange but it will Mamedyarov that has the
compensation. With both kings being unsafe and Black’s structure being
questionable the position is very hard to evaluate.} Nac4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 $5 {
Interesting but not the strongest.} (17… Nxc4 18. Rxc4 dxc4 19. Kf2 Bf5 $13 {
is simlar to the game but the queen is not so exposed on d5.}) 18. Rb5 Bf5 19.
Kf2 (19. Re5 {was interesting and ambitious, but it seems that neither side
really wanted the material, instead they wanted to play with the initiative.}
Nd5 20. Ne2 Rxe5 21. dxe5 Re8 $13) 19… Nd5 20. Rxd5 Qxd5 21. Ne2 {The
players reached the position in which Black is up an exchange anyway. Here it
is very difficult to evaluate or even give a plan for either side. However
Aronian’s venture was less than successful.} a5 $2 {The start of a wrong plan.
I initially liked this idea but it is far too slow and far too ineffective.}
22. h4 b5 23. h5 {Mamedyarov tries to force Aronian into taking on g7, which
will weaken his king permanently. On the other hand, if he doesn’t take h6
might seal a decisive passed pawn.} b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. axb4 Qb5 {Black has
managed to open some files, but it is unclear what exactly he accomplished by
doing so. Also bad news for Aronian was his time situation; he only had about
15 minutes left by this point to make the remaining 14 moves.} 26. Re1 {Normal
development is sound and strong. It is possible to spend a long time
calculating alternatives, but I like Mamedyarov’s approach.} Bd3 27. Nf4 Ra3
28. d5 $1 $18 {A very important move. With the bishop coming to d4 White will
threaten all sorts of mating attacks against the king. Also important is the
fact that now e6 is defended for the White knight.} Bb1 $5 {Tricky, but
Mamedyarov finds a precise response.} 29. Kg3 $1 {The computer spout some Qd4
move, but pay no heed. This move is accurate and easy.} c3 30. Qc1 $1 {
Extremely strong.} (30. Qd4 {is probably also winning, but it requires
calculation.} c2 31. Ne6 $1 Rxe3 $1 32. Qf4 $1 (32. Qxe3 Qxd5 $13) 32… Qb8 $8
33. Qxe3 Qxb4 {and White should win somehow but there is nothing immediate.})
30… Rb3 {The only move, but Black’s rook is extremely awkward.} 31. Bc5 (31.
h6 {was also possible, immediately threatening Nh5 type of ideas.}) 31… Rxe1
32. Qxe1 Qd7 33. h6 $1 Qf7 34. Nh5 (34. Qe5 $1 {Was the most accurate, but
Mamedyarov’s method is good enough.} Bf5 {Nh5 has to be stopped obviously.} 35.
Nh5 $3 {is a ridiculous computer win} (35. d6 {is more natural. The pawn
cannot be taken because Qd6-f8 would be unstoppable, so Black is completely
lost.} c2 36. Nh5 Qxh5 37. Qd5+ Qf7 38. Qa8+)) 34… Bg6 35. Qe8+ Qxe8 36. Nf6+
Kf7 37. Nxe8 Ra3 38. Nf6 (38. b5 {also possible} Ra8 39. Nxc7 c2 40. Be3 Rd8
41. Kf4 {is too many pawns for Black to handle.}) 38… Ra8 39. g8=Q+ Rxg8 40.
Nxg8 Kxg8 41. Kf4 {White’s plan is actually very straightforward. The
computers dont like this continuation but actually this is logically an
obvious win, White has too many pawns and too many of them are passed.} Bd3 42.
Ke5 Kf7 43. Be3 Bf1 44. g4 {Did Aronian resign prematurely? No he did not.} (
44. g4 Be2 45. d6 {This move is in essence unavoidable.} cxd6+ 46. Kxd6 Bxf3
47. g5 {and the king simply pushes the pawn on the b-file and wins the endgame.
} (47. b5 $4 {is the only thing to avoid.} Bxg4 48. b6 Bf3 49. Kc7 Kg8 {and
this endgame is a known draw} 50. b7 Bxb7 51. Kxb7 $11 {White cannot make
progress. But of course Mamedyarov would not fall for this.})) 1-0

[Event «Zurich Chess Challenge 2014»]
[Site «Zurich»]
[Date «2014.02.01»]
[Round «?»]
[White «Nakamura»]
[Black «Carlsen, Zürich 2014»]
[Result «0-1»]
[ECO «E20»]
[Annotator «Chirila,Cristian»]
[PlyCount «122»]
[EventDate «2014.??.??»]
[EventCountry «SUI»]

{What a crazy game! Nakamura has recently grasped the attention of chess fans
after his famous tweet in which he proclaims himself as the saviour of the
chess world from the hands of Sauron Carlsen, and throughout this game his
predictions seemed to become reality. But Sauron was quite a malificent guy…
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 {As expected Nakamura is going for the
kill and looks for complex structures from the start} (4. Qc2 {and}) (4. e3 {
are the more quiet approaches to this opening}) 4… d5 5. a3 Be7 (5… Bxc3+
6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 {Is the other main line, with very
complicated middle game positions arising}) 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 Bc5 9.
Bg5 O-O (9… h6 10. Bh4 Bd4 11. Nf3 c5 $13) 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 {
Nakamura got exactly what he wanted, it is a well known fact that Carlsen
prefers positions in which long maneouvres are predominant, here white will
castle long and soon we will witness a pawn race in the quest of opening up
the opponent’s king} Nbd7 13. O-O-O Bd4 14. Ne2 c5 15. g4 a5 (15… h6 16. Bh4
Qb6 17. Rd2 a5 18. Kb1 a4 19. g5 $40) (15… a6 16. Kb1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18.
Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxb5 Nc5 {would have been an interesting try to open up the
position and look for counterplay}) 16. Kb1 $16 {I prefer white’s position and
I will even go further and assign him an almost winning advantage, black will
not have an easy task reaching white’s king while his defense on the king side
will be extremely difficult} Ra6 17. Ng3 g6 (17… a4 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nh6+ Kg7
20. h4 Rb6 21. Rh2 Rb3 22. Rd3 $16) 18. h4 a4 19. Rh2 (19. Bh6 $5 {This was
the easier way of gaining material and keep the pawn wave flowing} Rb6 (19…
Re8 20. g5 Nh5 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22. Qxh5 $18) 20. Rh2 Rb3 21. Rd3 Rxd3 22. Bxd3
$18) 19… Qa5 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. g5 (21. h5 {was another possibility, many moves
keep a big advantage for white} Rb6 22. Bh6 Rb3 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 Ra8 25.
Ne2 Ra6 26. Nxd4 cxd4 (26… exd4 27. Bf4 Ne5 28. Qg3 Nfd7 29. hxg6 Rxg6 30.
Bc2 $16) 27. c5 $18) 21… Ne8 22. h5 Rb6 23. Bc1 Rb3 24. Qg4 Nb6 25. Be2 Nd6
26. Rdh1 (26. hxg6 $5 fxg6 27. Rdh1 Bxb2 (27… Qf7 28. Rxh7 Qxh7 29. Rxh7 Kxh7
30. Qh3+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ $18) 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Rxh7+ Qxh7 30. Qxd6 $18) 26… Bxb2
$1 {I will assign this move an explamation mark because of the practical
aspect of it, white now will have to deal with the pressure of being attacked,
while previously he only had to care about his attack succeeding} (26… Qd7
27. Qh4 Bxb2 28. hxg6 Bxc1+ 29. Kxc1 fxg6 30. Bg4 $18) 27. Bxb2 Nbxc4 28. Bxc4
Nxc4 29. hxg6 Qb6 (29… Nxb2 30. g7 Nd3+ 31. Kc2 Rd8 32. Qf5 $18) 30. g7 (30.
gxf7+ Rxf7 31. Nh5 $1 {This is the only move that wins immediately, it is not
easy to be so cold blooded when your king is so exposed} Rxb2+ 32. Ka1 Rxh2 33.
Nf6+ $18) 30… Rd8 31. Qh4 Rxb2+ 32. Ka1 Rxh2 33. Rxh2 Qg6 34. Nf5 Re8 35. Qg4
Qb6 36. Qh3 Qg6 {So far Nakamura managed to keep a cool head and preserve his
advantage, but in time trouble and under a lot of pressure, he blunders
incredibly} 37. d6 $4 (37. Qf1 $1 b5 38. Rxh7 $3 Qxh7 (38… Kxh7 39. Qh3+ Kg8
40. Qh8#) 39. Nh6+ Qxh6 40. gxh6 $18) 37… Nxd6 38. Nxd6 Rd8 39. Nc4 (39. Nc8
Kxg7 40. Ne7 Rd1+ 41. Ka2 Qe6+ 42. Qxe6 fxe6 43. Rh6 $14 {White keeps a small
advantage but he will need a lot of technique to press black}) 39… Qxe4 40.
Qh5 (40. Ne3 $8 Qd3 41. Nf5 Qd1+ 42. Kb2 Rd2+ 43. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 44. Kb1 Qd1+ 45.
Kb2 Qd2+ $11) 40… Rd3 $1 $19 {White’s idea is to play Qe2 and create some
sort of a blockade surrounding his king, Carlsen wisely predicts his
opponent’s idea and takes control of the game} 41. Rh4 Qf5 42. Qe2 b5 43. Nd2
Qxg5 {Magnus chooses the best practical to convert his advantage, exchaning
the rooks and entering an endgame with a crushing advantage} (43… Rxa3+ 44.
Kb2 Rg3 45. Ne4 {white may get some counterplay against black’s king, the game
continuation is much safer}) 44. Qxd3 Qxh4 45. Ne4 Kxg7 46. Qf3 Qf4 47. Qg2+
Kf8 48. Kb2 h5 {Magnus is completely winning, he is never letting such
positions slip away} 49. Nd2 h4 50. Kc2 b4 51. axb4 cxb4 52. Qa8+ {Black
sacrifices a pawn to diver the queen to the queenside, after which no one will
successfully stop the h-pawn.} Kg7 53. Qxa4 h3 54. Qb3 h2 55. Qd5 e4 $1 {The
nail in the coffin, the rest is just basic Calculation for Carlsen.} 56. Qh5 e3
57. Nf3 e2 58. Kb3 f6 59. Ne1 Qg3+ 60. Ka4 Qg1 61. Qxe2 Qa7+ {An amazing
escape by the World Champion and a heartbreaking loss for Nakamura.} 0-1

[Event «Tradewise 2014 – Masters»]
[Site «Gibraltar»]
[Date «2014.01.30»]
[Round «3»]
[White «Fier»]
[Black «Adams, Tradewise 2014»]
[Result «1/2-1/2»]
[ECO «E20»]
[WhiteElo «2572»]
[BlackElo «2754»]
[Annotator «Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro»]
[PlyCount «63»]
[EventDate «2014.??.??»]
[EventCountry «GGB»]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 {Fighting chess. Although theory has
shunned the Saemisch type of structures in the Nimzo-Indian as inferior,
lately there have been more and more games in which White is trying to obtain
an advantage by forsaking their development.} c5 5. d5 b5 {The most popular
continuation, though d6 and 0-0 are amost as played.} 6. e4 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. f4
d6 (8… exd5 9. Qxd5 Nc7 10. Qd6 $6 Bb7 $15 {Spoelman-Adams, 2012}) 9. Nf3
exd5 10. cxd5 Nc7 11. Bd3 f5 {novelty, and a strange one.} (11… c4 12. Be4 f5
13. exf6 Qxf6 {with a complicated position, is the more common continuation.})
12. O-O c4 13. Bc2 {Now the bishop isn’t on e4 and f5 doesn’t force White to
capture en-passant. The question becomes: can he hold his pawn center?} Bb7 14.
Kh1 Nba6 15. a4 $1 {Counterattacking on the queenside forces Black to take
action, giving White activity and the pair of bishops.} Bxc3 16. bxc3 (16. axb5
{was very interesting. With the following idea:} Nxb5 17. bxc3 Nxc3 18. Qd4 {
and White recovers his pawn on c4 with a very pleasant position.}) 16… b4 $1
{Crashing through and creating space for the knights. Notice how every move
Black has played revolves around the weakness of d5.} 17. Nd4 g6 18. cxb4 dxe5
(18… Nxb4 19. Rb1 a5 20. Nc6 $5 {Will eventually lose the pawn but it might
give White some compensation. It is strange that Adams didn’t directly take on
b4.}) 19. Nxf5 $1 {Perhaps he underestimated this move!} (19. fxe5 Qxd5 {is
just losing for White who will soon drop the b4 pawn and has no compensation
for itt, actually Black is slightly more active and has the better structure.})
19… gxf5 20. d6 Ne6 21. fxe5 {White has two pawns for the piece, but more
importantly his bishops have gained scope and Black’s king is not feeling safe
at all.} Qh4 $1 {The queen hurries to the kingside to hold everything together,
including some key squares that he doesn’t want the enemy queen occupying.} (
21… Nxb4 $2 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Qg4+ {is already dreadful for Black.}) 22. Bxf5
Rxf5 23. Rxf5 Kh8 $2 (23… Nxb4 $1 {Is a greedy and computer move, but it
begs White to prove what he has for initiative.}) 24. d7 Rd8 25. Kg1 $2 {
Returning the favor.} (25. Qf1 Rxd7 (25… Rg8 26. Ra2 Nxb4 27. Rb2 {And
Black’s position is falling apart. He doesn’t have time for a5.} a5 28. Rg5 $3
{and the rook is taboo while Black’s king is dying.}) 26. Bg5 $1 $18) 25… Nb8
26. Qd6 $2 Qg4 $2 (26… Nxd7 $1 {would have turned the tables drastically} 27.
Qxe6 $2 Qd4+ {gives Black a winning advantage since the back rank threats are
too strong.}) 27. Rg5 Qe4 28. Bd2 (28. h3 $3 {with the idea of Rg4 is
apparently winning for White. Although as a human I cannot really see why!})
28… Rxd7 29. Qxe6 Qd4+ 30. Kf1 Qd3+ {Finally a perpetual is forced to finish
this crazy game.} (30… Qxa1+ $4 31. Be1 {gets Black mated promptly.}) 31. Kg1
Qd4+ 32. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event «World Championship»]
[Site «Bonn»]
[Date «2008.10.15»]
[Round «2»]
[White «Anand»]
[Black «Kramnik, VM 2008»]
[Result «1/2-1/2»]
[ECO «E25»]
[WhiteElo «2783»]
[BlackElo «2772»]
[Annotator «Krasenkow,M»]
[PlyCount «64»]
[EventDate «2008.10.14»]
[EventType «match»]
[EventRounds «11»]
[EventCountry «GER»]
[Source «ChessBase»]
[SourceDate «2008.11.13»]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 f5 9. Qc2 Nd7 {A rare continuation.} (9… f4 {is the most common}) (9…
O-O) (9… Qa5) (9… Qh4+) (9… Qf6 {have been seen in practice, too.}) 10.
e4 fxe4 11. fxe4 N5f6 12. c6 {It is useful to spoil Black’s pawn structure.}
bxc6 13. Nf3 Qa5 {[%cal Yc8a6] It Black neglects White’s bishops, they can
become formidable like in the following game:} (13… Qc7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O
Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Bxf1 Qxe5 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Bd3 c5 21. Rf1 Bd7
22. Bf4 Qh5 23. Bd6 Bc6 24. e5 Nd7 25. Qf2 $16 {1-0 Portisch,L-Kluger,G/
Budapest 1962/MCL (54)}) 14. Bd2 (14. Be3 $6 Ng4 15. Bg1 O-O 16. h3 Nge5 17.
Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bh2 Qc5 (18… Qg5 $1 $36) 19. Qd2 e5 20. Bg1 Rxf1+ $5 21. Kxf1
Ba6+ 22. Ke1 Qe7 23. Qe3 Nb6 $44 {1/2 Moehring,G-Neukirch,D/Annaberg-Buchholz
1965/EXT 1999 (28)}) 14… Ba6 (14… O-O $5 15. Bd3 $6 (15. Be2 $142 Nc5 $140
16. c4 Qc7 17. e5) 15… Ba6 16. c4 Qc7 17. Bc3 Ng4 (17… Nc5 $15) 18. e5
Ndxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 $15 {Gilman-Lepsenui/corr 1966}) 15. c4 (15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16.
c4 O-O $11) 15… Qc5 (15… Qc7 16. Bb4 $1 {preventing …Nc5}) 16. Bd3 Ng4
17. Bb4 Qe3+ 18. Qe2 {After the queen exchange Black’s attack loses its
strength. Mutual weaknesses and control of the dark squares will now be
crucial.} O-O-O 19. Qxe3 (19. Be7 $143 Qb6 $1 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 $36 {[%csl Re1] S.
Shipov}) 19… Nxe3 20. Kf2 Ng4+ 21. Kg3 Ndf6 $6 (21… Nde5 $6 22. Be2 h5 23.
h3 h4+ (23… Nxf3 24. gxf3 Ne5 25. Kf4 $1 $14) 24. Nxh4 Nf6 {-game}) (21…
Nge5 $5 22. Be2 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Rhc1 Nde5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rc5 Rd3+ 27.
Kh4 $1 Ng6+ 28. Kg5 Kb7 29. Rb1 {S.Shipov} Rc8 $1 30. Rc3 Rd2 $132) 22. Bb1 $1
{[%cal Re4e5] Black probably underestimated this move.} h5 (22… Ne3 23. Ne5
$16) 23. h3 (23. e5 $2 h4+ $1 24. Kf4 g5+ $1 25. Nxg5 Rd4+ $40 {S.Shipov})
23… h4+ {Black must give up this pawn to prevent collapse.} (23… Ne3 24.
Ne5 $16) 24. Nxh4 Ne5 25. Nf3 $1 {«You are welcome to recapture on c4», White
says, «but then beware of my bishop pair and rooks attacking your weaknesses!»}
Nh5+ 26. Kf2 Nxf3 (26… Nxc4 27. Rc1 (27. Ba2 Nf4 28. Rhd1 $5 $16) 27… Nf4
28. Ba2 $1 Nd3+ 29. Kg3 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Ne3 31. Ne5 $16) 27. Kxf3 e5 28. Rc1 $6 (
{Less greedy} 28. Bc2 {was more appropriate, e.g.} Rh6 (28… Bxc4 29. Rhd1 $16
{S.Shipov}) 29. Rhd1 Rf6+ 30. Ke3 Nf4 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Rg1 Rg6 33. g4 Nxh3
34. Rh1 Nf4 (34… Ng5 35. Rh8+ Kc7 36. Bd3) 35. Bc3 Rg5 36. c5 {and White’s
bishop pair guarantees him a clear advantage.}) 28… Nf4 $132 29. Ra2 Nd3 30.
Rc3 Nf4 31. Bc2 (31. Rf2 $5 {was a better contribution to the harmony of
White’s arrangement but the position was still far from clear after} Rh6 $1 {
The rest was much worse:} (31… Rd1 32. Bc2 {S.Shipov}) (31… Rd4 32. Kg3 {
[%cal Yg3h2,Yc3g3]} Rxc4 (32… Rhd8 33. Be7 R8d7 34. Bg5) 33. Kh2 $1 $16 Rd8 {
[%cal Yd8d1]} 34. Bc2 $1 $16) 32. h4 $5 (32. Kg3 Rd1 33. Bc2 Rh1 $1 {
preventing Kg3-h2}) (32. Be7 Rd7 33. Bg5 {doesn’t work due to} Nxh3 $1 34. Bxh6
Nxf2) 32… Ne6 $1 33. Ke3 (33. Kg3 Rdh8) 33… Rg6 {with strong counterplay.})
31… Ne6 (31… Rh6 $5 {[%csl Rf3] (S.Shipov) was good here, too:} 32. Be7 Rd7
33. Bg5 Rg6 34. h4 Rf7 35. Kg4 Ne2 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. gxf3 Bxc4 {[%cal Rc4e6]}
38. Bb3 $1 Bxb3 39. Rxe2 $14) ({but probably even simpler was} 31… Rd4 32.
Bc5 (32. Bb3 Ne6 {[%cal Re6g5]}) (32. Ra1 Rd2) 32… Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Bxc4 34. Rb2
Rd8 35. Bxa7 Rd2 36. Be3 Re2 {with sufficient counterchances.}) 32. Kg3 {The
king quickly runs to h2!} Rd4 (32… Rh6 33. Kh2 c5 34. Ba5 Rd4 $44 {,
containing White’s bishops, was probably more accurate}) ({After the text move
} 32… Rd4 {Black’s compensation for the extra pawn is hardly sufficient, e.g.
} 33. c5 Nf4 34. Re3 $16 {but the position remains quite complicated and not
so easy to play under time pressure. Therefore Vishy Anand accepted Vladimir
Kramnik’s draw offer.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event «World Championship»]
[Site «Chennai»]
[Date «2013.11.21»]
[Round «9»]
[White «Anand»]
[Black «Carlsen, VM 2013»]
[Result «0-1»]
[ECO «E25»]
[WhiteElo «2775»]
[BlackElo «2870»]
[PlyCount «56»]
[EventDate «2013.11.09»]
[EventType «match»]
[EventRounds «12»]
[EventCountry «IND»]
[Source «Chessbase»]
[SourceDate «2014.01.06»]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 c4 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. g4 O-O 11. Bg2 Na5 12. O-O Nb3 13. Ra2 b5 14. Ng3 a5 15.
g5 Ne8 16. e4 Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Ra6 18. e5 Nc7 19. f4 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa6
Nxa6 22. f5 b3 23. Qf4 Nc7 24. f6 g6 25. Qh4 Ne8 26. Qh6 b2 27. Rf4 b1=Q+ 28.
Nf1 Qe1 0-1