Game of the day

8th Feb 2011
[Event "It (cat.17)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Friso Nijboer"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 {Notes by Anand} c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3
Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5
11.Kb1 h6 12.h4 Rd8 13.Be2 Bd7 14.Qe3 Rac8 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5
hxg5 17.hxg5 Rxc3{!} 18.Bd3 {18. bxc3 Nd5 19.Rxd5 (19.Qh3
Nxc3+-+) exd5-+; 18.Qf4 Ba4! 19.gxf6 (19.bxc3 Bxc2+!-+;
19.Rd8+ Bxd8-+)Bxc2+ 20.Ka1 Ra3! 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.Bc4 Rxa2
24.Bxa2 Bb3-+; 18.Qf2 Rxc2! 19.Kxc2 (19.gxf6 Rb2+ 20.Kxb2
Ba3+-+) Qxa2!-+} Rxd3 {Only move} 19.cxd3 {19.Rxd3 Nh5!
20.Rxh5 Bc6-+} Ng4 20.Qh3 Nh6 21.gxh6 Qxe5 22.Rde1 Qg5 23.hxg7
Qxg7 24.Re3 Bg5 25.Rg3 f6 26.Qg4 Kf7 27.Qd4 Qg8 28.Qe4 Bc6
29.Rh7+ Ke8 30.Qh4 Qg6 31.Qh3 Rd6 32.a3 Kd8 33.Ka1 Qf5 34.Qh1
Bd7 35.d4 Rc6 36.Qh2 e5 0-1

9th FEB 2011

[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Gregory Kaidanov"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "49"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nc6 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 e6 7.Nc3 Qd8 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.O-O Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.Re1 b6 12.Bc2 Ba6 13.b4 Bc4 14.b5 Na5 15.Ne5 Rc8 16.Re3 Rc7 17.Rg3 Re8 18.Bh6

10th FEB 2011

[Event "Nottingham (05)"]
[Site "Nottingham (05)"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 {On another
ocassion I would probably have played 3 b4 a sacrifice for
which White in this particular position has to my mind
sufficient strategical reasons. But playing for the first time
with the Soviet Champion, for whose play I have the greatest
appreciation, I did not like the idea of being accused of
overweening confidence, undue boldness ( and this independent
of the result of the game) or of such things as
"underestimating," "bluster", etc.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6
6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 {Already intending to make the following
pawn advance. Otherwise I would first play 7 O-O followed by
Nb3.} Nc6 8. Nb3 Be6 9. f4 {In order to be able to answer
9...d5 by 10 e5.} O-O 10. g4 {I first saw this interesting
move in a game of the talented Slovakian Master, Foltys, from
the recent tournament at Podebrad but did not know that it had
already experimented with in the Moscow Tournament. As the
present game shows, the move permits White to force a quick
draw - but no more.} d5 {! Already played by Botvinnik against
Lowenfish (Moscow, 1936) who answered 11 e5 d4 12 Nxd4 Nxd4 13
Bxd4 Nxg4 14 Qd3 a6 15 O-O-O with about even chances.} 11. f5
Bc8 12. exd5 Nb4 13. d6 {Doubtless the best move. If instead
13 fxg6 hxg6 14 Bf3 then 14...Nxg4 15 Bxg4 Bxg4 16 Qxg4 Nxc2+
17 Ke2 Nxa1 18 Rxa1 Bxc3 19 Qxd5 with rook and three pawns for
two minor pieces.} Qxd6 {Of course not 13...exd6 because of 14
g5 followed by f6.} 14. Bc5 {The alternative 14 Qxd6 exd6 15
O-O-O gxf5 was certainly not dangerous for Black.} Qf4 {!
Again the only move as 14...Qxd1+ 15 Rxd1! Nc6 (...Nxc2+ 16
Kd2) 16 g5 followed by 17 f6 etc., would give White a distinct
advantage.} 15. Rf1 {White, too, has nothing better than to
accept the piece sacrifice.} Qxh2 16. Bxb4 Nxg4 {This second
sacrifice forces the perpetual check.} 17. Bxg4 Qg3+ 18. Rf2
{Of course not 18 Kd2? ...Bh6+ and wins.} Qg1+ 19. Rf1 Qg3+
20. Rf2 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

16th FEB 2011

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. e4 Be7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O O-O
12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2 c4 14. Bxc4 Bxe4 15. Ba6 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rc7
17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Bd3 b5 19. Rfe1 a6 20. a4 bxa4 21. c4 Qb8
22. Ba1 Rd8 23. Re4 Nf6 24. Rh4 Be7 25. Rh3 h6 26. Rb1 Rxc4
27. Rxb8 Rc1+ 28. Bf1 Rxb8 29. Bc3 Rbb1 30. Qd3 a3 31. Qxa6 a2
32. g4 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Ne4 34. Ba1 Nd2 0-1

17th FEB 2011

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 {If
White can do this with impunity, (as indeed seems likely), a6
would be a pointless move.} dxc6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.d3 Bg4 7.Be3 Qd6
8.Bxc5 Qxc5 9.Qd2 {!} Bxf3 {? A grievous misjudgement,
bringing disadvantage to Black. f6 was indicated.} 10.gxf3 Ne7
11.O-O-O Ng6 12.Qe3 {!} Qxe3+ {Not good because it strengthens
White's center. But after 12...Qe7 Black could not have
castled Q side on account of Qa7, whereas castling K-side
would have been dangerous on account of the open g-file. Black
is paying the penalty of his mistake on the 9th move.} 13.fxe3
Rd8 14.Ne2 f6 15.Rhg1 Kf7 {Castling was preferable.} 16.Rdf1
Rhe8 17.Ng3 Nf8 18.f4 c5 {The game is untenable. Black tries
to provide against 19 fxe5 Rxe5 20 d4 followed by e5; but
there is even worse to come.} 19.Nh5 g6 20.fxe5 {! To take the
Knight would allow a mate in 2.} Rxe5 21.Nxf6 Kg7 22.Rf2 h5
23.Nd5 c6 24.Nf4 c4 25.Rfg2 Rd6 26.h4 cxd3 27.cxd3 Kf7 28.Rg5
Rxg5 29.Rxg5 Rf6 30.e5 Rf5 31.Rxf5+ gxf5 32.d4 {Better than
Nxh5 which would be good enough too.} Ke7 33.Kd2 c5 34.Kd3
cxd4 35.exd4 Kd8 36.d5 Kd7 37.Kd4 Kc7 38.b4 Kd7 39.Kc5 Kc7
40.d6+ Kd7 41.Kd5 1-0

18th FEB 2011

[Event "NED Wch-m (07)"]
[Site "NED Wch-m (07)"]
[Date "1937.01.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 Bg6
12. e4 Bc7 13. Bb3 O-O 14. f4 Nf6 15. Bc2 Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 Qb4
17. g4 Rad8 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Rfe8 20. Qg2 Qxg4 21. fxg6
hxg6 22. Bd1 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Rd4 24. Nf3 Rg4+ 25. Kh3 Rd8
26. Bg5 Rb4 27. Bd2 Re4 28. Bb3 Re2 29. Bc3 Rd3 30. Kh4 Rxf3
31. Rxf3 Rxh2+ 32. Rh3 g5+ 33. Kxg5 Rxh3 34. Bd1 Ne4+ 0-1

19th FEB 2011
[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.02.10"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "L Lenic"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O
8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. b3
Nc5 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Nb5 Rfc8 17. Kh1 Qd8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Bf1
Kh7 21. Ne2 Bc6 22. Nf4 Bh6 23. Qf2 Qh8 24. Rc2 Qf6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5
Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Qa1 28. Kg1 Nd7 29. Qg5 Nf6 30. Rxa5 Qd4+ 31. Rf2 Rc5 32.
Qxc5 dxc5 33. Rxa8 h4 34. b4 cxb4 35. Ra5 Nh5 36. Rd5 Qe3 37. Rd3 Qa7 38.
Rd5 Ng3 39. c5 e6 40. Rd7 Qxc5 41. Rxf7+ Kh6 42. Rxb7 Nh1 0-1

20th FEB 2011
[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.08"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5
7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Nxh5 cxd4 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Nge7
12. c3 Nxe5 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. Bg5 a6 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Qe2
O-O-O 17. Rh3 Bg6 18. Nf4 e5 19. Nxg6 Nxg6 20. Bxd8 Kxd8
21. Nf5 Nf4 22. Qxe5 Nxh3 23. O-O-O Kc8 24. Qg3 g6 25. Ne3
Nxf2 26. Nxd5 Bc5 27. Nb6+ Bxb6 28. Rxd7 Kxd7 29. Qf3 Kc8
30. Qxf7 Rd8 31. Kc2 Kb8 32. Qxg6 Be3 33. g5 Rd2+ 34. Kb3 Nd1
35. a4 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Kb4 Rxb2+ 38. Ka5 Nxc3 39. Qe8+
Kc7 40. Qe5+ Kb7 41. Qg7+ Kb8 42. g6 Bf4 43. Qf8+ Kb7 44. Qf7+
Bc7+ 45. Qxc7+ Kxc7 46. h5 Rg2 0-1

21 FEB 2011
[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Josef Cukierman"]
[Black "Frederic Lazard"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Qh4
7.Be3 Bd6 8.Qd2 Be6 9.Bg5 Qh5 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Ne2 O-O-O 12.Ng3
Qe8 13. Qa5 Kb8 14. O-O c5 15. c3 Bc8 16. Nc4 b6 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. Qa3 cxd4 19. Bf4 Rd8 20. cxd4 Bb7 21. Rac1 Rd7 22. Rc4 Qg6 23. Rfc1 Nd5 24. Be3 h5 25. Qa4 Rf7 26. Qc2 h4 27. Nf1 Rhf8 28. f4 Nxf4 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. Ne3 Qf6 31. h3 Rf2 32. Qc3 Rxg2+ 33. Nxg2 Qf2+ 34. Kh2 e3 35. d5 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Rf2 0-1

22 FEB 2011
[Event "Baden Baden"]
[Site "Baden Baden"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Reti"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. g3 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 d5 4. d3 exd3 5. Qxd3 Nf6 6. Bg2
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 O-O 9. c4 Na6 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Qc4
Nbxd5 12. N2b3 c6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. Rd2 Qc8 16. Nc5
Bh3 17. Bf3 Bg4 18. Bg2 Bh3 19. Bf3 Bg4 20. Bh1 h5 21. b4 a6
22. Rc1 h4 23. a4 hxg3 24. hxg3 Qc7 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Re3
27. Nf3 cxb5 28. Qxb5 Nc3 29. Qxb7 Qxb7 30. Nxb7 Nxe2+ 31. Kh2
Ne4 32. Rc4 Nxf2 33. Bg2 Be6 34. Rcc2 Ng4+ 35. Kh3 Ne5+
36. Kh2 Rxf3 37. Rxe2 Ng4+ 38. Kh3 Ne3+ 39. Kh2 Nxc2 40. Bxf3
Nd4 0-1