[Event "Opening Theory #16"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Chebanenko for Black"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "D45"] [Annotator "KS"] [PlyCount "78"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.12.16"] {[%evp 0,6,16,28,26,-14,28,15,38]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 $1 {[#] brings a lot of headaches to White! This defense, was Anand's main weapon against Gelfand's 1.d4 in their 2012 Wch match.} 6. b3 $1 {These days this is considered to be the main line} ({Black's main idea, is seen after} 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 c5 $1 {[%csl Ga6,Gb5][%CAl Gc8b7] This is the dream of every Semi-Slav and QGA player! Black has active pieces and easy play.}) (6. c5 $5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 b6 8. cxb6 Nxb6 9. Bd2 c5 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 {[#]} 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 (14... Bf4 $1 $11 {Black is Fine}) 15. O-O Qb8 16. Bg3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qd6 19. Rc2 Nbd7 20. Rfc1 Rab8 21. Na4 Ne4 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qc2 g5 24. Qc7 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 f6 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Nd2 f5 28. Nc4 Nf6 29. Nc5 Nd5 30. Ra7 Nb4 31. Ne5 Nc2 32. Nc6 Rxb2 33. Rc7 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 e3 35. Rxc8+ Kh7 36. Rc7+ Kh8 37. Ne5 e2 38. Nxe6 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2727)-Anand,V (2791) World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10 Moscow 2012 (7)}) (6. Qc2 $5 c5 $1 {[%CAl Rc8c2] The issue with this move is that the queen becomes exposed on the c-file} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Be6 {[%CAl Ga8c8,Rc8c2] [#]} 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Bc5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bf3 O-O $1 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Rac8 18. Bd2 {Gelfand gave the pawn back} (18. Qd1 $6 Rfd8 {[%CAl Rd8d1]}) 18... Bxe3 19. Bc3 Bb6 20. Qf5 Qe6 21. Qf3 f6 22. h4 Qc6 23. h5 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. Re1 Kf7 27. g4 Bd4 28. Rc1 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Rd4 {½-½ Gelfand,B (2727)-Anand,V (2791) World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10 Moscow 2012 (6)}) 6... Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O {[%csl Rb4][%CAl Rc3d5] [#] and now Black needs to be careful. White's threat is 10.Nxd5!} Bd6 $1 {The main try today is} 10. Rc1 (10. e4 {Sam Shankland has proposed this in his Chessable course} dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. c5 Bc7 13. Na4 exd4 14. h3 Re8 15. Qc2 Nh5 $1 $146 {[#]} 16. Rad1 Nf4 $1 $11) 10... Re8 $5 (10... e5 $5) 11. h3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Ne2 {[#]} Ne4 $1 {White doesn't have anything significant (typical move when the knight goes away from the control of e4)} 15. Be1 dxc4 (15... Re8 $1 $146 {[#]}) 16. Rxc4 b5 17. Rd4 c5 18. Bxe4 cxd4 19. Bxa8 dxe3 20. Bb4 exf2+ 21. Rxf2 Bc7 22. Qxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bc3 Rg5 24. Kf1 a5 25. Bd2 Re5 26. Bf4 Re7 27. Rf3 Bb6 28. Rc3 Bd7 29. Bd5 b4 30. Rc4 g5 31. Bxg5 Re5 32. Bc6 Rf5+ 33. Bf4 Be6 34. Be4 Rb5 35. Rc6 Kg7 36. Bd3 Rd5 37. Rxb6 Rxd3 38. Nd4 Rd1+ 39. Ke2 Ra1 {1-0 Wei,Y (2725)-Bu,X (2705) Danzhou 12th Lichess.org INT rapid 2021 (7)} *