[Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "peter"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2012.05.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 149"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Ne2 O-O 7. Nec3 Nh5 {A rare move that has been played in only 3 GM games} 8. Bg5 {After only 8 moves both players were out of their books and there were a myriad of lines to calculate over the next few moves with many of the resulting positions being hard to evaluate.} (8. g4 {was White's choice in the other two games}) 8... Bf6 (8... f5 9. exf5 Rxf5 10. Qd2 Qf8 11. Ne4 {is fearsomely complicated} (11. g4 Re5+ $19)) (8... f6 9. Be3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 {is also very sharp}) 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. Qd2 (10. g4 Ng7 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. Kd1 {is better for White according to engines}) 10... f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 (11... Qh4+ 12. Kd1 Bxf5 13. g4 Bxb1 14. Rxb1 Ng7 { leaves a sharp position with chances for both sides}) 12. g4 Re8+ (12... Qh4+ 13. Kd1 Bxb1 14. Rxb1 Ng7 {transposes to the 11...Qh4+ line and is probably the best course of action for Black}) 13. Kd1 Bxb1 14. Rxb1 Qf6 {Overlooking White's 17th} (14... Nf6 15. h4 $16) (14... Ng7 15. h4 $16) 15. gxh5 $1 Qxf3+ 16. Kc2 Qxh1 17. Qf2 $1 {Missed not just by Gelfand but by many strong commentators including Peter Leko and Ian Nepomniatchi, this traps the Black queen and there is no defence to Bd3.} 1-0