[Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2021.07.10"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2021.07.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 17,59,53,54,53,62,52,50,45,58,42,61,48,77,62,62,45,53,47,110,93,83,64, 107,50,138,133,139,64,56,42,13,0,47,38,310,-33,77,68,189,195,172,164,176,133]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qf3 b5 10. a3 {10.0-0-0 is the hot move. B96: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7.} Nc6 11. O-O-O $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line.} Nxd4 12. Rxd4 {White is slightly better.} Qc5 {[#]} 13. Rd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd1 Bb7 14. Kb1 h5 15. Be2 Ke7 16. Bf3 Bc6 17. Re1 Bh6 18. Nd5+ Bxd5 19. exd5 {1-0 (29) Mikhedov,K (2224)-Sergeev,A (2400) Serpukhov 2004}) 13... Rb8 14. b4 Qa7 15. f5 a5 16. Na2 Be7 17. Be2 h5 (17... Bd7 $14) 18. Kb1 Bd7 19. Rhd1 h4 20. bxa5 (20. Qg4 $16 Kf8 21. Qh3) 20... Qxa5 (20... b4 $1 $14) 21. Nb4 $16 Rc8 22. Qg4 (22. Rxd6 $16 Bxd6 23. Rxd6) 22... Kf8 $14 23. fxe6 Bxe6 24. Qf3 Rc5 25. Qe3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25... Rh7 $14) 26. Bf3 $2 ({White has to play} 26. Rxd6 $18 Bxd6 27. Rxd6) 26... fxe4 (26... Bf6 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 27. Bxe4 $16 {Threatens to win with Bd5.} Rc4 (27... Rhh5 $14) 28. Bd5 $18 {White is clearly better.} Bf6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rxb4+.} 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Rxd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.47/Black=0.49} 1-0 [Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2021.07.10"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2782"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2021.07.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,128,15,12,16,14,13,28,-26,27,12,18,11,0,0,-4,-9,-4,-13,0,0,28,-12,0, -29,0,12,0,-51,-40,-50,-33,-26,-33,-29,-31,-37,-25,-50,-20,-53,-37,-41,-41,-44, -37,-82,-82,-120,-113,-124,-121,-121,-113,-153,-149,-155,-155,-164,-161,-145, -131,-131,-131,-131,-127,-131,-131,-131,-131,-140,-154,-154,-140,-140,-140, -142,-131,-131,-131,-142,-131,-131,-131,-142,-131,-142,-131,-142,-131,-143, -131,-148,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Bh5 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb3 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 11.Bb5.} (11. b4 $142 Be7 12. Qe2) 11... a5 ({Better is} 11... Qxd3 12. Bc2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Qxd1 14. Bxd1 Rae8) 12. Ne4 $11 a4 13. Bc2 {[#]} Ra5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be7 14. Ng3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bg5 16. d4 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 exd4 18. Be4 dxc3 19. Rxc3 Qd2 {1-0 (30) Stevic,H (2575)-Plenca,J (2483) Vinkovci 2020}) 14. b4 axb3 $1 15. Bxb3 Be7 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. d4 Bf6 {[%CAl Re5d4]} 18. Be3 (18. Ne4 {is more complex.} Bxe4 19. Rxe4 exd4 20. cxd4 Ra8 21. Rb1) 18... exd4 19. Nxd4 Nd5 20. Nxc6 bxc6 {[%CAl Bb7c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32]} 21. Bxd5 (21. Bd4 $11) 21... cxd5 $15 22. Bd4 h6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. cxd4 Rfa8 26. Re2 Bd3 27. Rd2 Bc4 { [%CAl Ra5a2]} 28. Nf5 Rxa2 29. Rdxa2 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Bxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 31. f4 Kf8 32. Kf2 Bb1 33. Ne3 Be4 34. g3 Ke7 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. Kd2 c5 37. Kc3 h5 38. h4 Kc6 39. Nd1 Kb5 40. Ne3 c4 41. Nd1 Ka4 42. Kb2 Kb4 {[#] And now . ..c3+! would win.} 43. Nc3 f6 44. Na2+ Kb5 45. Nc3+ Kc6 46. Nd1 Bf3 47. Nc3 Bg2 48. Nd1 Be4 49. Nc3 Kd6 50. Kc1 Kd7 51. Kd2 Kc6 52. Kc1 Bg2 53. Kb2 Kd6 { ...Ke6 is the strong threat.} 54. Nd1 Bf3 55. Ne3 Kc6 56. Nf5 Bg4 (56... g6 $17 57. Ne3 Be4) 57. Nxg7 $11 {The position is equal.} Kd6 58. f5 Ke7 59. Ne6 Kd6 ( 59... Bxf5 $5 60. Nf4 $8 Be4 $11) 60. Nf4 Bf3 61. Kc3 Kc6 62. Kb4 Bg4 63. Kc3 Kd6 64. Kb4 Kc6 {White happily takes the draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0. 10/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2021.07.10"] [Round "5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2021.07.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 11,83,11,29,17,19,15,27,0,33,40,57,60,52,41,45,55,56,54,56,56,60,56,49, 51,52,52,80,64,91,71,85,55,177,167,164,165,170,165,166,165,211,204,191,191,187, 150,145,145,137,115,115,115,167,167,341,341,333,333,332,325,314,236,293,295, 277,150,479,423,552,547,533,514,466,358]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6.} Bb6 8. c5 Bc7 9. g3 {[#] White has an edge.} d5 $146 (9... b6 {seems wilder.} 10. Bg2 Be5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Rb8) ({Predecessor:} 9... b6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O bxc5 12. Nxc5 Qe7 13. b4 a5 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4 d5 {1/2-1/2 (52) Nepomniachtchi,I (2784)-Giri,A (2764) chess24.com INT 2020}) 10. cxd6 Qxd6 11. Qxd6 Bxd6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Be8 18. Nb5 Nd5 19. e4 Nf6 20. Nd6 b6 21. Nxe8 bxc5 ( 21... Rxd1+ $14 22. Rxd1 Rxe8) 22. Nxf6+ $18 gxf6 23. e5 $1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 { [%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc8 25. exf6 {And now Bxc6 would win.} Nd4 26. b4 e5 {intending ...c4.} 27. bxc5 Rxc5 28. f4 Ne6 29. fxe5 Rxe5 30. Rd5 Rxd5 31. Bxd5 $16 {KB-KN} Nc7 (31... Nf8 $16) 32. Bc6 $1 $18 h5 $2 (32... h6 33. h4 Ne6) 33. Kg2 $1 Kh7 {[#]} 34. Kh3 $1 {[%CAl Rh3h4]} Kg6 35. Kh4 Ne6 36. Bf3 Nd4 37. Bxh5+ Kxf6 {[#]} 38. Bd1 $1 a5 $2 (38... Kg6 $16 {is more resistant.} 39. Kg4 f5+ 40. Kf4 Kf6) 39. Kg4 {White is clearly winning.} Nb5 40. a4 Nc3 41. Bc2 Nd5 {next ...Ne3+ is good for Black.} 42. Kf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/ Black=0.31} 1-0 [Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2021.07.10"] [Round "9"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2021.07.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 19,54,0,0,0,1,0,10,12,13,5,10,18,22,14,10,0,8,10,14,20,24,10,27,6,14,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} Bf5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bf4 Ne7 {[#]} 14. Ba4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. g4 Be4 15. f3 Bh7 16. Qd2 Ng6 17. Nxg6 Bxg6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Re5 Rfd8 20. Kg2 {1-0 (50) Hillarp Persson,T (2564)-Backelin,R (2394) Sweden 2004}) 14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bb3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. f3 Bf5 20. Re5 Be6 (20... Qg6 {looks sharper.} 21. Qe2 Rfc8 22. h4 Be6 23. Rd1 Rc1) 21. Qd2 f6 {The position is equal.} 22. Re3 Rfc8 23. Rae1 Bf7 24. R3e2 R6c7 25. Re3 Rc6 26. R3e2 R6c7 27. Re3 Rc6 {An uneventful encounter. Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2021.07.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2021.07.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,77,20,19,34,14,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,8,-4,14,22,40,31,38,0,80,0,0,0, 0,0,0,-24,-33,-22,8,-54,-53,-107,0,0,0,-17,15,0,6,0,6,0,8,0,56,-55,0,0,77,-2,0, -28,-20,-27,0,0,29991,352,29992,29993,29993,29994,29996,29997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. O-O h6 {The position is equal.} 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. a4 Nh7 12. h3 h5 13. d4 {[%CAl Rd4e5]} h4 14. Bh2 { [%CAl Rd4e5]} g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 {[%CAl Re5d4]} 16. Be2 {[%CAl Rf3e5] [#]} Bxf3 $146 (16... Qf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 16... Qf6 17. Kh1 Qh6 18. b4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Rc1 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 (30) Cvak,R (2396)-Loisel,D (2243) ICCF email 2018}) 17. gxf3 (17. Nxf3 $16 exd4 18. cxd4 (18. Nxd4 Qg5 $16)) 17... exd4 $11 18. f4 Kh8 19. Kh1 Rg8 20. Bd3 dxc3 21. bxc3 Qd7 22. f5 (22. Qh5 $11 Qh3 23. Qf3) 22... Ne5 $15 23. Nf3 (23. Bxe5+ $15 dxe5 24. Nf3) 23... Qe7 (23... Ng4 $17 24. Qd2 Nhf6) 24. Nxe5 $11 dxe5 25. Rb1 c6 26. Qh5 {Hoping for Rxb7!} b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra1 f6 29. Bc2 Rg5 ({Better is} 29... b4 $11) 30. Qf3 ({White should try} 30. Qxh4 $14 Qf7 31. Bd1) 30... Rd8 (30... Rg7 $1 $15) 31. Bb3 Rd2 {[#]} (31... Bb6 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. Rad1 (32. Rg1 $1 $16 {[%CAl Rg1g5] aiming for Rxg5.} Bxf2 33. Rxg5 Nxg5 34. Qh5+ Nh7 35. Bg1 Bxg1 36. Rxg1) 32... Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Bb6 34. Ra1 Qc5 35. Ra8+ Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Nf8 $11) 36. Rg8+ Kh6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxg8.} 37. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} exf4 38. Qxf4 Qxf2 39. Rg6+ $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.23/Black=0.42} 1-0 [Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2021.07.10"] [Round "3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2021.07.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 21,126,21,35,5,10,4,27,33,27,46,32,35,41,16,23,-16,0,-7,0,0,20,14,64,58, 63,73,70,72,118,65,72,71,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-31,-30,0,-52,-62,-47, 0,0,-8,-140,-133,-136,-66,-63,-20,-12,0,-10,0,0,12,11,90,0,14,0,0,-24,0,0,0,10, 8,8,107,110,112,127,264,260,248,210,171,8,8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8, -8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 {[%CAl Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4h5][%mdl 32]} a5 11. Rd1 a4 12. Ne2 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} (12. Rb1 {is interesting.} h6 13. b4 b5 14. Bf4 Be6 15. a3) 12... Bc5 13. Nf4 Ne7 { [#]} 14. Bd2 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 14. c4 Ng6 15. Nh5 Rg8 16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Be3 Be7 18. Rac1 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Ng3 {1/2-1/2 (34) Profitlich,W (2129)-Hinz,J (1816) GER email 2008}) 14... Nd5 15. Nh5 {Hoping for c4.} Rg8 16. c4 Nb6 17. Bh6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Bf8 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 17... gxh6 $2 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Rd8+ Ke7 20. Rxg8 $18) 18. b3 $1 Bf5 ({Much weaker is} 18... axb3 19. Bg5 $14) (18... Bxh3 19. gxh3) 19. Be3 Ba3 20. Bd4 c5 21. Bc3 Bc2 22. Re1 axb3 23. axb3 Bxb3 24. e6 Bxc4 25. exf7+ ({Don't do} 25. Nxg7+ Rxg7 26. Bxg7 fxe6 $14) (25. Bxg7 $16 fxe6 26. Re3) 25... Kxf7 $14 26. Ne5+ Kf8 27. Re3 (27. Nf4 $14) 27... Bd5 $11 28. Nf4 {And now Nd7+! would win.} g5 $1 {[%CAl Rg5f4]} 29. Nd7+ Kf7 30. Ne5+ Kf8 31. Nh5 Bb4 32. Rxa8+ Nxa8 33. Nf6 (33. Nd7+ {feels hotter.} Kf7 34. Bf6 c4 35. Ne5+ Kf8 36. Nd7+) 33... Nb6 34. Nxg8 Kxg8 (34... Bxg8 {looks sharper.} 35. Ba1 c4 36. Kf1 Bd5 37. Ke2 Bd6) 35. Ba1 ({White should try} 35. Rg3 $11) 35... c4 $1 $15 36. Rg3 h6 37. h4 Bd2 38. Ng4 (38. hxg5 $11 hxg5 39. Kf1) 38... gxh4 $17 39. Ra3 Bg5 (39... Kf7 $17 40. Bb2 c5) 40. Be5 c6 (40... Be6 {seems wilder.} 41. Ne3 Bxe3 42. Rxe3 Nd5 43. Re4 b5) 41. f4 $1 {[%CAl Rf4g5]} Be7 42. Ra7 c5 (42... Kf7 {with more complications.} 43. Rxb7 Ke6 44. Nxh6 Bf8 45. Rb8 Bxh6 46. Rxb6 Kf5) 43. Nxh6+ Kh7 44. Nf5 Bf8 (44... Bd8 $11 { remains equal.}) 45. Ne3 (45. Nxh4 $16 Nd7 46. Bc3) 45... Bc6 46. f5 Bh6 47. Ng4 Nd7 48. Bc3 {With the idea Ra8.} Bg7 49. f6 Bf8 50. Ra8 {aiming for Ne5.} Kg6 {[#]} (50... Kg8 $11) 51. Ne5+ $1 $16 Nxe5 52. Rxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Nd7 (52... Nf7 $16) 53. Rg8+ $18 Kf7 54. Rg7+ Kf8 {[#] intending ... b5.} 55. Rh7 $2 (55. Re7 $1 $18) 55... b5 {The position is equal.} 56. Rxh4 ( 56. Re7 {is more complex.} Kg8 57. Be5 Nxe5 58. Rxe5 Kf7 59. Rxc5 Be4 60. Re5) 56... b4 57. Bxb4 cxb4 58. Rxc4 Bd5 59. Rxb4 Nxf6 60. g4 Kf7 61. g5 {Strongly threatening Rf4.} Ne4 62. g6+ Kxg6 63. Rxe4 Bxe4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.17} 1/2-1/2 [Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2021.07.10"] [Round "7"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2021.07.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,94,12,16,22,15,24,19,16,10,14,5,13,3,3,6,14,11,38,38,34,36,34,54,42, 26,29,24,29,14,72,21,33,33,50,0,13,18,11,0,2,0,0,0,15,0,24,20,63,20,33,17,20,0, 67,60,64,-92,0,0,0,-96,0,0,0,-98,0,0,0,-94,-94,-96,-97,-96,-75,-622,-622,-614, -602,-796,-773,-864,-775,-800,-775]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Ba7 9. Nf1 {now scores much better than the old 9.Bb3.} Na5 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Re8 12. Ng3 h6 13. h3 Bd7 {[#]} 14. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd2 Qe7 15. d4 Qf8 16. Qc2 Bb6 17. Be3 Re7 18. Re2 Rae8 19. Rae1 g6 20. Qd2 { 1/2-1/2 (39) Svane,R (2592)-Mastrovasilis,A (2521) Batumi 2019}) 14... c5 15. bxc5 Bxc5 16. d4 Bb6 17. Be3 a5 18. c4 a4 19. Qd3 Ra6 20. Rad1 exd4 (20... Ba5 $11) 21. Bxd4 (21. Nxd4 $16 Bc5 22. Ndf5 Bxf5 23. Bxc5 (23. Nxf5 Nxe4 24. Bd4 Bxd4 $14) (23. exf5 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 $15)) 21... Bxd4 22. Nxd4 {Strongly threatening Ndf5.} Qb6 23. Qc3 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. f3 {Threatening Ndf5.} Rc8 26. Ndf5 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 Rxc4 28. Rxd6 Rc2 29. Rb6 Rc7 30. Ra1 Nd7 31. Rd6 { [#] Hoping for Ne7+.} Ne5 32. Rd4 b5 (32... Nc4 $11) 33. Rd5 $14 Nc4 34. Rb1 $2 (34. Rc1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 34... Nb6 ({Black should try} 34... b4 $17) 35. Re5 (35. Rd6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nc4 36. Rd4) 35... Nc4 $36 { [%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 36. Rd5 Nb6 ({Black should play} 36... b4 $17 ) 37. Rd6 (37. Re5 $11 {remains equal.}) 37... Nc4 38. Rd5 Nb6 39. Rd6 Nc4 40. Rd5 b4 {[%CAl Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 41. Rc1 Raa7 42. Rb5 b3 43. Rb1 {[#] White does not recover from this.} (43. Ne7+ $17 Rxe7 44. Rxc4) 43... Nd2 $19 { Black is clearly winning.} 44. Ra1 Rc2 45. Nd4 Rxb2 46. Ra3 Rb1+ 47. Kf2 Nc4 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.28/Black=0.17} 0-1 [Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2021.07.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2738"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2021.07.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 12,55,13,8,13,0,11,0,18,-8,-2,-15,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-37,0,0,0,-39,-25,-37, 0,0,18,9,444,456,437,445,464,452,446,421,392,400,475,467,559,567,547,544]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Qa5+ {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} 8. Nbd2 Nh6 9. O-O Be7 {The position is equal.} 10. c4 Nf5 11. g3 Na6 {[#]} 12. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c5 b6 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Qc3 Qa4 15. Rb1 Na6 16. cxb6 O-O 17. bxa7 Rxa7 18. Nb3 {0-1 (70) Bethke,R (2332)-Triapishko,A (2510) Chess.com INT 2021}) 12... Rd8 13. Bb2 c5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. Qe4 Nxd5 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Kh2 b5 19. Ncd2 {[%CAl Bc4d2, Bd2e4,Be4c5,Bc5e4,Be4f6,Bf6d7][%mdl 32]} Nb4 {aiming for ...Nd3.} 20. Qe2 Nc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs Black the game.} (20... O-O $11 {and Black is okay.}) 21. Ne4 $1 $18 {[%csl Bc2,Bc5][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Nxa1 22. Nxc5 Qc6 23. Rc1 O-O 24. Ne4 ({Not} 24. Bxa1 Qd5 $18) 24... Qb6 25. Rxa1 ({ Don't take} 25. Bxa1 Rc8 $18) 25... Rc8 26. Nfg5 {White is clearly winning.} g6 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nd7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.52} 1-0 [Event "GCT Croatia Blitz 2021"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "2021.07.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2683"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2021.07.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,66,5,12,14,0,72,55,58,57,37,25,39,32,43,29,108,105,95,87,86,79,86,91, 137,153,150,139,140,135,158,158,222,222,210,204,287,281,283,270,271,276,289, 289,458,432,450,419,485,486,487,469,1785]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 10. a3 {[#]} a5 $146 (10... Qc7 $11) ({ Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. Be2 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Rhf1 Qe7 15. Kb1 d4 16. Nxd4 Rfd8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 {0-1 (45) Kokarev,D (2619)-Korobov,A (2710) Moscow 2016}) 11. Qf2 b6 {White is slightly better.} 12. O-O-O f6 13. Bb5 Qc7 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. exf6 Rxf6 (15... Bxf6 $11 16. Bd4 Qc7) 16. Bd4 $16 {Black is now going downhill.} Rf8 17. Qg3 {[%csl Gd4][%CAl Rg3g7]} Bf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. f5 Bb7 (19... Rxf5 $2 20. Nd4 $18) 20. Ne5 Qe8 {[#]} 21. Ng4 $1 {[%CAl Rg4f6]} Rf8 {[#]} 22. Rhe1 $1 h5 23. Ne3 Ne4 (23... Rd8 $16) 24. Nxe4 $18 dxe4 25. Rf1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Rc8 (25... Rd8 $142) 26. f6 {[%csl Gf6][%CAl Rg3g7]} Rf7 27. fxg7 Rxg7 28. Qe5 Rc5 29. Qf6 {Strongly threatening Rd8!} Rg6 (29... Bd5 $142 30. Qh4 Qe7) 30. Qd8 Rc8 31. Qxb6 Bd5 32. Qxa5 Qc6 33. Rf2 (33. Qa7 Rg7 $18) 33... Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:33] Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.} (33... Qa8 $142 34. Qxa8 (34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Qxd5+ Qxd5 $16 ) 34... Bxa8) 1-0