Anand, Viswanathan (2765) - Khalifman, Alexander (2655)
FIDE-Wch k.o. (Groningen), 1997

[Anand]


1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Be7 10.f3
[10.f4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6
(11...Bxf6? 12.e5! dxe5 13.Qc5 Bd7 14.Nxb5 axb5 15.Rxd7!+ -)
12.Bd3
(12.f5 Qa5 13.Kb1 b4 14.Ne2 e5 15.Qe3 Bb7 16.Ng3 d5 17.Bd3 O-O-O 18.Qe2 h5 19.exd5 h4 20.Ne4 Rxd5 21.Bc4 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Rd2 Kb8 24.Qe3 Kc7 25.g4 Qb6 1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Hracek,Z/Erevan 1996/CBM 53)
12...Qc7
(12...O-O 13.e5! d5 14.Ne4+ / -)
13.Qe3 Qc5 14.Qg3 1-0 Kasparov, G-Kramnik,V/Amsterdam VSB 1996/CBM 52/[Boensch,U] (42) +/= Dokoian, = Kramnik]
10...Qc7
[10...b5 11.h4 Bb7 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.Bd3 Rc8 14.Be3 O-O 15.h5 h6 16.Bf2 Nd7 17.Bh4 Bxh4 18.Rxh4 Rfd8 19.Rhh1 Ne5 0-1 Filipenko,A-Yakovich,Y/RUS-chT 1996/EXP 56 (29)]
11.g4 b5 12.Qd2 Bb7
[12...O-O?! 13.Ne2 /\Ng3-h5 13...Rd8?!
(13...Bb7)
14.h4 Bb7 15.Kb1 Rac8 16.Bg2 b4 17.Nd4 a5 18.h5 a4 19.Be3 Nd7 20.g5 Ne5 21.b3 Ba6? 1-0 Anand,V-Pelletier,Y/Credit Suisse 1997/CBM 60 (36) [Gofshtein]
(21...axb3 22.cxb3 d5Counter-attack)]
13.Bf4 b4 14.Ne2 Rc8
[14...e5= Khalifman]
15.Ng3 Qa5 16.Kb1 d5 17.g5 Nd7 18.h4 Rd8! /\ d:e4, Nc5
19.Bh3
[Better is19.Bd3]
19...dxe4 20.fxe4 Nc5 21.Qe2 O-O /\ Nc5-a4-c3
22.b3 Qb5!? 23.Qxb5 axb5 24.Bg2 f5 25.gxf6?
[25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Re1= Khalifman]
25...Bxf6 26.Be3 Rc8 27.Bh3?
[27.Bd4 Rfd8
(27...Bxd4 28.Rxd4 Rf2 29.Bh3Unclear position)
28.Bxf6 gxf6= / + Khalifman]
27...Rfe8 28.Rd6
[28.Bg2 Be5- / +]
28...Nxe4!- + 29.Nxe4
[29.Bxe6+ Rxe6 30.Rxe6 Nxg3- +]
29...Bxe4 30.Rh2 Bf5 31.Bd4 Bxh3 32.Bxf6
[32.Rxh3 Red8- +]
32...gxf6 33.Rxh3 Kf7 34.Rhd3 f5 35.R6d4 Rc5 36.Rxb4 e5 37.a4 e4 38.Rd7+ Ke6 39.Rd1 bxa4 40.Rxa4 Ke5 41.Kc1 Rec8 42.c4 e3
[42...Kf4 /\ Kf3-f2; e3, f4... -+]
43.Ra7 R8c7 44.Ra8 Ke4 45.Rad8 f4??
[45...Re5- + Khalifman]
46.R1d4+ Ke5
[46...Kf3? 47.Rf8]
47.Kd1
[47.Kc2 e2 48.Kd2
(48.Kd3 e1=N+!)
48...f3 49.Rd3 Rf7 50.Re8+ Kf4 51.Ke1Only possible move Kg3! 52.Rxe2 Ra5- +]
47...Rc8?
[47...Ra5- + Khalifman]
48.R8d7?
[48.Ke2!= Khalifman]
48...R8c7 49.Rd8 Rc8?
[49...Ra5 50.b4 Ra1+ 51.Ke2 Ra2+- +]


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