Linares 16th (Linares), 02/27/1999
Round 6 [Anand]
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1.d4 I had an idea in the Qb3 Grunfeld that
I had wanted to try. In Wijk aan Zee, Kasparov entered the same system against Svidler, but he had another
idea in mind. Now it was my chance. 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4  a6 Svidler repeats the Hungarian system. 8.e5 b5 9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.h4 Kasparov played e6, but I assumed that Svidler had improved on that. 10...c5 11.e6 c4 I had briefly acquainted myself with the theory of this move, but had concentrated on Black's alternatives. 12.Qd1 Nb6 13.exf7+ Rxf7 14.h5 Nc6 15.hxg6 hxg6  16.Be3 This is all theory. The main move is 16...Bg4, but Svidler had something else in mind. 16...Bf5! Svidler said that he was surprised that this natural move had hardly ever been played. 17.Ng5 Obviously, the difference between Bf5 and Bg4. I thought it would be better not to follow Lputian-Sokolov blindly, so when I saw this plan, I decided to go for it.This is the sort of thing one shouldn't really do this without developing all his pieces, but if you already played h4 on move 10, then it doesn't matter. However, this move isn't totally illogical. White wants to play g4 and Bg2 instead of placing the bishop on e2. Still, Black seems to be OK after this move. | ||
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[17.Be2 Nb4 18.Rc1 I
remembered that Lputian-Sokolov had reached this position. 18...e5! Later I di scovered that this was played in Kroeze-Van Haastert Wijk aan Zee 1998. (No, not Hoogovens, but Sonnevanck!). I havent' checked everything, but it looks good for Black.] | ||
| 17...Rf6 | ||
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[17...Nxd4 Black seems to have enough compensation
here. For instance 18.Nxf7 Kxf7 19.Rc1 e5 20.g4 Be6 21.Bg2 Ra7] | ||
18.g4  Be6! The bishop goes for the d5 square. | ||
| [18...Bd7 19.Bg2] | ||
| 19.Nce4 | ||
[19.Bg2 Bd5 20.Nxd5
Nxd5 ] | ||
| 19...Bd5 20.Qd2 | ||
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[20.Nxf6+ exf6
21.Nf3 Qd7 Gives
Black too much /= for the exchange!] | ||
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20...Rd6? This wins the d-pawn (White
can hardly save it now, but White's attack on the h-file more than compensates. | ||
| [20...Qd7! Svidler. The idea is that Black can now meet f3 with Rxf3. It is difficult to analyse a position like this. White has many options - he can play the immediate f4 or interpolate Rd1 and Rd8 first or Bg2 and so on. The usual cop out "unclear" seems called for!] | ||
21.f3! Now the rook will be sorely missed
on the f-file.  21...Bxe4 | ||
[21...Nxd4? 22.Bxd4
Bxe4 23.Qh2
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(23.Bxg7 Rxd2 24.Be5)] | ||
| 22.fxe4 Nd7 | ||
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[22...Nxd4 23.Bxd4! This
seems to work and is much simpler. | ||
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(23.Qh2 I considered this during the game.
White plays Bxc4+ and follows up with Qh7+ and castles check, but afterwards a simpler win presented
itself. 23...e5) | ||
| 23...Rxd4 | ||
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(23...Bxd4 24.Qh2
Bg7 (24...Kf8
25.e5) 25.e5!
Rc6 26.Be2) | ||
| 24.Qf2! | ||
| (24.Qh2 Qd6! 25.Bxc4+ Nxc4 26.Qh7+ Kf8) | ||
| 24...Qf8 | ||
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(24...Bf6 25.Rh8+!) | ||
| 25.Qh4 Qf6 26.Be2! Black seems to have no defence against Qh7+ and Rf1.] | ||
23.Qh2  Nf8 If White gets Qh7 in, then it's usually over. | ||
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[23...Qb6 24.Bxc4+
bxc4 25.Qh7+
Kf8 26. | ||
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(30...Nh6 31.Qf5
Kg8 32.Qh7+
Kf8 33.Rf1+
Ke8 (33...Rf6
34.Ne6+) 34.Qxg7) | ||
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31.Rxh6+ Nxh6
32.Qg6 Kg8
33.Rf1] | ||
| 24.e5! | ||
| [24.d5 Ne5 Allows Black to keep fighting.] | ||
| 24...Rd7 | ||
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[24...Rxd4 Fails to... 25.Qf2 Qa5+ 26.Ke2 ] | ||
| 25.Ne6! Qa5+ | ||
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[25...Nxe6 26.Bxc4! A
recurring theme. 26...Qa5+ | ||
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(26...bxc4 27.Qh7+
Kf7 28. | ||
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27.Bd2 Qxd2+
28.Kxd2 Rxd4+
29.Ke3 bxc4
30.Qh7+ Kf7
31.Raf1+] | ||
26.Bd2  Nxe5! | ||
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[26...Qb6 27.Nxg7] | ||
| 27.Be2! c3 | ||
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[27...Qb6 28.Nxf8] | ||
| 28.Bxc3?! | ||
| [28.bxc3! Nf7 Gives White a better version of the next variation.] | ||
28...b4 29.Nxg7  bxc3? Svidler thought he was lost already and didn't find his last chance. | ||
[29...Nf7! 30.Bd2
Kxg7 The
open h-file and his two bishops promise White a massive edge, but Black is still fighting. Also, White
has to watch the d4 pawn.] | ||
30.Qh8+ Kf7  31. 1-0 | ||
