Akiba Rubinstein gave a simultaneous exhibition at the St. Petersburg tournament in 1914.
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🔵 About Anand
🔹 Viswanathan Anand
🔹 Indian Chess Grandmaster
🔹 The 15th World Chess Champion
📚 Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former World Chess Champion. Anand became India's first grandmaster in 1988. He held the FIDE World Chess Championship from 2000 to 2002, thus becoming the first Asian to do so.
📚 Anand learned to play chess from his mother when he was 6 years old. By the time he was 14, Anand had won the Indian National Sub-Junior Championship with a perfect score of nine wins in nine games. At age 15 he became the youngest Indian to earn the international master title. The following year, he won the first of three consecutive national championships. At age 17 Anand became the first Asian to win a world chess title when he won the 1987 FIDE World Junior Championship, which is open to players who have not reached their 20th birthday by January 1 of the tournament year. Anand followed up that victory by earning the international grandmaster title in 1988. In 1991 Anand won his first major international chess tournament, finishing ahead of world champion Garry Kasparov and former world champion Anatoly Karpov. For the first time since the American Bobby Fischer abandoned the title in 1975, a non-Russian had emerged as a favourite to become world chess champion.
Anand, who first earned the nickname of the “Lightning Kid” in India, is known for quick tactical calculations, which he has displayed by winning numerous “speed chess” titles. In 1998 Anand published a collection of his games, Vishy Anand: My Best Games of Chess, which he expanded with new games in 2001.
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♦️ A memorable game by Anand👇
🔸 Viswanathan Anand vs Peter Leko
🔸 Munich (1994)
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Classical. Ubilava Variation (B57)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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🔹 Viswanathan Anand
🔹 Indian Chess Grandmaster
🔹 The 15th World Chess Champion
📚 Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former World Chess Champion. Anand became India's first grandmaster in 1988. He held the FIDE World Chess Championship from 2000 to 2002, thus becoming the first Asian to do so.
📚 Anand learned to play chess from his mother when he was 6 years old. By the time he was 14, Anand had won the Indian National Sub-Junior Championship with a perfect score of nine wins in nine games. At age 15 he became the youngest Indian to earn the international master title. The following year, he won the first of three consecutive national championships. At age 17 Anand became the first Asian to win a world chess title when he won the 1987 FIDE World Junior Championship, which is open to players who have not reached their 20th birthday by January 1 of the tournament year. Anand followed up that victory by earning the international grandmaster title in 1988. In 1991 Anand won his first major international chess tournament, finishing ahead of world champion Garry Kasparov and former world champion Anatoly Karpov. For the first time since the American Bobby Fischer abandoned the title in 1975, a non-Russian had emerged as a favourite to become world chess champion.
Anand, who first earned the nickname of the “Lightning Kid” in India, is known for quick tactical calculations, which he has displayed by winning numerous “speed chess” titles. In 1998 Anand published a collection of his games, Vishy Anand: My Best Games of Chess, which he expanded with new games in 2001.
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♦️ A memorable game by Anand👇
🔸 Viswanathan Anand vs Peter Leko
🔸 Munich (1994)
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Classical. Ubilava Variation (B57)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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28...Qc6! [Black defended well and manages to exchange the queens.]
29.Qxc6 bxc6 [△R×e6]
30.Bd6?! [30.Be1 Rxe6 31.g3! h5 32.Rd7 Rf6 33.Kg2-/+]
30...Rxe6 [Black gets rid of White's important factor.]
31.Bc5 Re4–+ 32.Be7 [32.Rxa7+ Kb8 33.g3 Rxg3 34.Bd6+ Kxa7 35.Bxg3 Kb6 36.b3 c5–+]
32...Reg4
0–1
29.Qxc6 bxc6 [△R×e6]
30.Bd6?! [30.Be1 Rxe6 31.g3! h5 32.Rd7 Rf6 33.Kg2-/+]
30...Rxe6 [Black gets rid of White's important factor.]
31.Bc5 Re4–+ 32.Be7 [32.Rxa7+ Kb8 33.g3 Rxg3 34.Bd6+ Kxa7 35.Bxg3 Kb6 36.b3 c5–+]
32...Reg4
0–1
19.Nd2!? [White initiates an interesting maneuver to improve the position of the knight.]
[19.Nh4 Red8 20.Re3 Bd5 21.Rg3 Bxb3 22.axb3 Qc2 23.Ra1 Qb2 24.Rd1; 19.d5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Rxd5 Ne6 22.Qd2 Qc3 23.Rd1 Qxd2 24.R1xd2 Re7 25.g3³]
19...Ng6 20.Qg4 b5 21.Ne4 Bxe4! [Black correctly decides to trade off his bishop for the dangerous opponent's knight.]
22.Qxe4 a5 23.d5 exd5 24.Rxd5 a4 25.Bd1 Qb7 26.Bf3 Ne7 27.Rd6 Qxe4 28.Bxe4 Ng6? [28...Kf8 29.Bd3 Rb8 30.Rb1 Nc8 31.Rd5²]
29.e6!± Nf4 30.exf7+ Kxf7 31.g3 Ke7 [31...Nxh3+ 32.Kg2 Ng5 33.Bg6++–]
32.Rd2 [32.Rc6! Ne6 33.Ra6! Nc5 34.Bg6+ Kf8 35.Bxe8 Nxa6 36.Bxb5 Nb4 37.a3 Nc2 38.Rc1 Rb8 39.Rxc2 Rxb5 40.Rc8+ Ke7 41.Ra8±]
32...Ne6 33.Rd5 b4 34.f4 b3 35.axb3 axb3 36.Bg6 Rf8 37.f5 Rf6 38.Rxe6+ Rxe6 39.fxe6 b2 40.Rb5 Kf6 41.Bh7
1–0
[19.Nh4 Red8 20.Re3 Bd5 21.Rg3 Bxb3 22.axb3 Qc2 23.Ra1 Qb2 24.Rd1; 19.d5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Rxd5 Ne6 22.Qd2 Qc3 23.Rd1 Qxd2 24.R1xd2 Re7 25.g3³]
19...Ng6 20.Qg4 b5 21.Ne4 Bxe4! [Black correctly decides to trade off his bishop for the dangerous opponent's knight.]
22.Qxe4 a5 23.d5 exd5 24.Rxd5 a4 25.Bd1 Qb7 26.Bf3 Ne7 27.Rd6 Qxe4 28.Bxe4 Ng6? [28...Kf8 29.Bd3 Rb8 30.Rb1 Nc8 31.Rd5²]
29.e6!± Nf4 30.exf7+ Kxf7 31.g3 Ke7 [31...Nxh3+ 32.Kg2 Ng5 33.Bg6++–]
32.Rd2 [32.Rc6! Ne6 33.Ra6! Nc5 34.Bg6+ Kf8 35.Bxe8 Nxa6 36.Bxb5 Nb4 37.a3 Nc2 38.Rc1 Rb8 39.Rxc2 Rxb5 40.Rc8+ Ke7 41.Ra8±]
32...Ne6 33.Rd5 b4 34.f4 b3 35.axb3 axb3 36.Bg6 Rf8 37.f5 Rf6 38.Rxe6+ Rxe6 39.fxe6 b2 40.Rb5 Kf6 41.Bh7
1–0
26...Bb4 [26...Ba3!! 27.f4 Nxf4 28.f3 (28.Bxf4 Rxb2+ 29.Rxb2 Rxb2+ 30.Kc1 Rxf2+ 31.Kb1 exf4 32.Nxd4 Rb2+ 33.Ka1 Rh2 34.Nxc6 Rxh3–+) 28...Nxh3 29.Rh1 Nf4 30.Rh2 (30.Bxf4 Rxb2+ 31.Rxb2 Rxb2+–+) 30...Ne6 31.Rh1 Nc5 32.Rh2 Na6 33.Kd1 Nc5–+; 26...Bc5 27.Nh6+ Ke6 28.Bd2 Bb4µ]
27.Rg1? [27.f4!? exf4 (27...gxf4 28.Rh1³) 28.Nxd4 Ne5=/+]
27...Bc3 28.b3 axb3+ 29.Rxb3 Rxb3 30.axb3 Ra8 31.Rg2 Ra2+ 32.Kd1 Nf4 33.Bxf4 exf4 34.Kc1 Ra1+ 35.Kc2 Rh1 36.Nh6+ Ke6 37.Ng4 c5 38.Rh2 Ra1 39.Rg2 Ra2+ 40.Kc1 Rd2 41.e5 fxe5 42.Nh6 Rxd3 43.Rxg5 Rxf3 44.Ng4 d3 45.Rg6+ Kf7
0–1
27.Rg1? [27.f4!? exf4 (27...gxf4 28.Rh1³) 28.Nxd4 Ne5=/+]
27...Bc3 28.b3 axb3+ 29.Rxb3 Rxb3 30.axb3 Ra8 31.Rg2 Ra2+ 32.Kd1 Nf4 33.Bxf4 exf4 34.Kc1 Ra1+ 35.Kc2 Rh1 36.Nh6+ Ke6 37.Ng4 c5 38.Rh2 Ra1 39.Rg2 Ra2+ 40.Kc1 Rd2 41.e5 fxe5 42.Nh6 Rxd3 43.Rxg5 Rxf3 44.Ng4 d3 45.Rg6+ Kf7
0–1