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Carlsen vs Anand | World Champion Battle | First Moves GRENKE Chess Classic 2019
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Vishy Anand's game against Magnus Carlsen underscores how really great players are able to resuscitate, stabilize and navigate in really poor positions. The art of doing well after things went bad.
39...Rc2+! [Dragging the opponent's king to an inferior position.]
40.Kd3™ e4+! 41.Ke3? [¹41.Nxe4+! dxe4+ 42.Kxe4 Rxa4+ 43.Kd5 Raa2-/+]
41...Ra3+! [△e3]
[41...Rc3+!? △e3 42.Ke2 e3 43.g4 exd2–+]
42.Kf4 e3!–+ [The White's extra piece cannot deal with the Black's pawns.]
0–1
40.Kd3™ e4+! 41.Ke3? [¹41.Nxe4+! dxe4+ 42.Kxe4 Rxa4+ 43.Kd5 Raa2-/+]
41...Ra3+! [△e3]
[41...Rc3+!? △e3 42.Ke2 e3 43.g4 exd2–+]
42.Kf4 e3!–+ [The White's extra piece cannot deal with the Black's pawns.]
0–1
18...Qc7! [Gasanov intends to create an annoying Queen-Bishop battery along the h1–c6 diagonal.]
[18...Re8 19.Ra1 Qc7 20.Be5 Qd7 21.Bc3 Qd8 22.Re1!? Qc7³; 18...h5?! 19.Ne5 g6 20.Re1 Nd4 21.Qb2„]
19.Be5 Qc6 20.Ng3 Nxg3 [20...Qd7 21.Bc3 Bd6 22.Ne5 Qc7 23.Nxf5 exf5 24.d4 Re8 25.Qd2 f6 26.Nd3 cxd4 27.Bxd4 Qc6-/+]
21.hxg3=/+
0–1
[18...Re8 19.Ra1 Qc7 20.Be5 Qd7 21.Bc3 Qd8 22.Re1!? Qc7³; 18...h5?! 19.Ne5 g6 20.Re1 Nd4 21.Qb2„]
19.Be5 Qc6 20.Ng3 Nxg3 [20...Qd7 21.Bc3 Bd6 22.Ne5 Qc7 23.Nxf5 exf5 24.d4 Re8 25.Qd2 f6 26.Nd3 cxd4 27.Bxd4 Qc6-/+]
21.hxg3=/+
0–1
47.Qf5+! [47.Qg4!? Kf7 48.Qf5+ Nf6 49.Bc1 Ke7 50.g4 Nd7 51.Qh7 Kf7 52.g5 Qg6 53.Qxg6+ Kxg6 54.gxh6 gxh6 55.Kf3 Nb8 56.Bd2 h5 57.Kg3 Nd7 58.Kh4 Nb8±; 47.Kf1!? Qf6+ 48.Ke2 Ke7 49.Qg4 Nf8 50.Qh5 Nh7 51.Bc1±]
47...Nf6 48.Bd2 Ke7 49.g4!? Ke8? [49...g5!? 50.Bc3 Nd7 51.Qh7+ Kd8 52.Qg8+ Ke7 53.Qg7+ Ke8 54.Ba1 Kd8 55.Kf3 Ke8 56.Ke2 Kd8 57.Qf7 Nf8 (57...Kc8 58.Qe8+ Kb7 59.Bc3+– Kc7 60.Qe6‡) ]
50.Qg6+ Kf8 51.Bc3+–
1–0
47...Nf6 48.Bd2 Ke7 49.g4!? Ke8? [49...g5!? 50.Bc3 Nd7 51.Qh7+ Kd8 52.Qg8+ Ke7 53.Qg7+ Ke8 54.Ba1 Kd8 55.Kf3 Ke8 56.Ke2 Kd8 57.Qf7 Nf8 (57...Kc8 58.Qe8+ Kb7 59.Bc3+– Kc7 60.Qe6‡) ]
50.Qg6+ Kf8 51.Bc3+–
1–0
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 197
public poll
B) N×e6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@soheil_hooshdaran, Gavin, Nikhil, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Hansika, Kasyap
A) Nf3 – 2
👍👍 20%
Srikar, Matthew
C) e3 – 1
👍 10%
Dariush
👥 10 people voted so far.
public poll
B) N×e6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@soheil_hooshdaran, Gavin, Nikhil, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Hansika, Kasyap
A) Nf3 – 2
👍👍 20%
Srikar, Matthew
C) e3 – 1
👍 10%
Dariush
👥 10 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 197
public poll
B) h5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%
Masoud, @BehroudR, Dariush, Srikar, Matthew
C) R×a7 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%
Gavin, Nikhil, @Sophia_Giraffe, Hansika, Kasyap
A) a4 – 2
👍👍👍 17%
@A_Wild_Richard, Yusuf Özev
👥 12 people voted so far.
public poll
B) h5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%
Masoud, @BehroudR, Dariush, Srikar, Matthew
C) R×a7 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%
Gavin, Nikhil, @Sophia_Giraffe, Hansika, Kasyap
A) a4 – 2
👍👍👍 17%
@A_Wild_Richard, Yusuf Özev
👥 12 people voted so far.
Congratulations to Daniel Fridman, who will play in his 3rd #GRENKEChess Classic next year after winning the Open this year on tiebreaks ahead of 7 other players!