FIDE World Chess Championship Carlsen-Anand 2014 - Game 7 Carlsen, M (2863) - Anand, V (2792) Wch 2014 (7) 17.11.2014 Sochi, Russia 1.e4 [According to the match statistics, 50% of games with white so far in the match are won for white, and 50% are drawn. And here we have the expected reaction by Anand: he switches back to 1... e5 instead of the Sicilian of round 6] 1… e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 [The Berlin defense on the board, a solid opening with very drawish chances. However, one does not enter an opening at the highest chess competition without something in hand. Deep theoretical battle ahead] 6... dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 [From this very well explored opening Carlsen will get a technical position, while Anand will be able to have good defensive chances] 9... Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.g3 9... Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.g3 [The game GM Giri - GM Radjabov from the recent Tashkent FIDE GP 2014 continued 14...Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Kf2 Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Nf5 22. Rh1 Bxa2 23. Rxh5 Be6 24. g4 Nd6 25. Rh7 f5 26. g5 Nf7 27. Rh5 Rg8 28. Kg3 Rh8 29. Rxh8+ Nxh8 30. Bxc7 and after interesting battle finished draw on move 52] 14... Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Rg6 16.h4 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Bf4 Nxh4 [Até aqui tudo igualzinho à partida Giri – Radjanbov mencionada mais acima] 14... Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Rg6 16.h4 f6 17.exf6 [With such a recent game as Giri - Radjabov in mind, it is no wonder moves are flying on the board today] 17…gxf6 18.Bf4 Nxh4 19.f3 Rd8 20.Kf2 [So far Anand was following one of his own games: Anand - Nakamura from Grand Slam Sao Paulo/ Bilbao 2011. Nakamuras famous comment on the game, Thanks to Kramnik I was able to just play something silly like the Berlin and draw against the World Champion relatively effortlessly . It continued 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Kf2 Nf5 22.Rh1 Ng7 23.Bd2 Bf5 24.Nd1 Bxc2 25.Ne3 Bd3 26.Ng2 Ne6 27.Rxh5 Rg7 28.Bc3 Ke7 29.Rh6 Rf7 30.g4 Bb1 31.a3 f5 32.g5 Nxg5 33.Nf4 Ke8 34.Rg6 Nh7 35.Rg8+ Rf8 36.Rg7 Rf7 1/2-1/2 , but now he deviated with 20.Kf2 following the mentioned recent game Giri – Radjanbov] 20... Rxd1 21.Nxd1 Nf5 22.Rh1 Bxa2 23.Rxh5 Be6 24.g4 Nd6 25.Rh7 [Anand is prepared in this game, deviating first from the Giri – Radjanbov game. The continuation 25... f5 could be a little risky, as Carlsen might have prepared 26.Rxc7N. Now Anand Black a passive, but solid position] 25…Nf7 26.Ne3 [The alternative 26.Bxc7 leads to complete equality after ...f5! 27.gxf5 Bxf5 28.Ne3 Rg2! If White exchanges his more active rook for the opponents one, the game will be level] 26... Kd8 27.Nf5 [Carlsen activates the knight, using the fact that Bxf5 is not possible in view of 28.gxf5 trapping Blacks rook] 27... c5 28.Ng3 [In the previous game Carlsen outmaneuvered Anand successfully, now he is trying the same strategy. His plan is to transfer the knight to h5, then playing Bf4-g3-h4, attacking the f6-target] 28...Ne5 [Carlsen is precise and avoids the other possibilities like 29.Bxe5 etc, that we will analyze in ChessInsider. The Norwegian goes for the critical line mentioned. Now the best continuation for Anand is 28...Bg8. The move 29...Kd7 is a blunder in view of 30. Ne4!, followed by 31.Bxe5 fxe5 31.Rh5] 29... Rg8 30.Bxe5 fxe5 31.Rh5 Bxg4 32.fxg4 Rxg4 33.Rxe5 [Very interesting decision! Anand is trying to exchange one of the pawns and build a fortress against Whites pieces instead of entering the aforementioned rook endgame] 33...b6 34.Ne4 Rh4 35.Ke2 Rh6 36.b3 Kd7 37.Kd2 Kc6 38.Nc3 [The plan for Vishy is to exchange as many pawns as possible, ideally all of them. A Rook + Knight vs Rook is draw by definition. There will be a lot of tactical maneuvering, a good way to start for black is have an advanced a pawn, so 38...a5 is on the list, or even better 38...a6 to protect the b5 square from the knight] 38...a6 39.Re4 [Its interesting to notice that all engine analysis show that White is winning, however, its not that simple at all in order to make a progress, Carlsen should move his pawns, but Anand is threatening to exchange them] 39...Rh2+ 40.Kc1 [The speed with which Anand played so far is indicative that he is very aware of the character of the current setup. A not so pleasing to the eye position, might as well be prepared by Vishy in advance. It is very hard for Carlsen to penetrate in Anands fortress, although he will surely try everything to do it] 40...Rh1+ 41.Kb2 Rh6 42.Nd1 Rg6 43.Ne3 Rh6 44.Re7 Rh2 [Vishy is on the right track. 44...Rh2 prevents 45.c2-c4, followed by 46.Nd5] 45.Re6+ Kb7 46.Kc3 [with the idea 47.Nd5, eventually supported by 48.c2-c4] 46…Rh4 47.Kb2 Rh2 48.Nd5 Rd2 49.Nf6 Rf2 50.Kc3 Rf4 51.Ne4 Rh4 52.Nf2 Rh2 53.Rf6 Rh7 54.Nd3 [There is no practical change in the setup. Anands pieces are at optimal positions, Carlsen, with more time on the clock, tried to check if Vishy is on the right track. The game will continue in a waiting mode until Carlsen is forced to do so by the 50 move rule. In the mean time, he will be planning his active play, adding fatigue as a variable in the game] 54...Rh3 55.Kd2 Rh2+ 56.Rf2 Rh4 57.c4 Rh3 58.Kc2 Rh7 59.Nb2 Rh5 60.Re2 [We arrive at the second time control. At this point Carlsen will have more than enough time - 1 hour and 28 minutes, while Anand will be with 38 minutes. No time trouble for Vishy, but Carlsen will certainly use this factor too. With the pawn on c4 Carlsen will soon try his concrete ideas, with Nd5 and Re7, while black will have at hand b5, c6, Kb6 and many rook maneuvers] 60...Rg5 61.Nd1 b5 [Carlsen is heading for Nc3-d5. The move ...b5 is key moment. Anand is changing his pawn structure] 62.Nc3 c6 63.Ne4 Rh5 64.Nf6 [Surprisingly or not, Carlsen started putting practical problems for black, playing fast against Vishys clock. Action is coming ahead] 64…Rg5 [Anand answered immediatelly, showing he is still comfortable in the position. Neste momento avaliação dos programas: Houdini: 1,34 – Komodo: 0,96 – Stochfish: 2,12 – todos indicando: 66.Nd7+ Ka5] 65.Re7+ Kb6 66.Nd7+ Ka5 67.Re4 Rg2+ 68.Kc1 Rg1+ 69.Kd2 Rg2+ 70.Ke1 [And here is a chance for Vishy to reach Rook + Knight vs Rook 70. ... bxc4 71. Rxc4 Kb5 72. Rxc5+ Kb4 73. Rxc6 Kxb3 74. Rxa6 exchanging all the pawns. Nota: avaliação dos programas: Houdini: 1,47 – Komodo: 0,70 – Stochfish: 0,34 – Komodo e Stockfish indicando: 70...bxc4 – Houdini indicando: 70.Rg5] 70...bxc4 71.Rxc4 Rg3 72.Nxc5 Kb5 73.Rc2 a5 74.Kf2 Rh3 75.Rc1 Kb4 76.Ke2 Rc3 77.Nd3+ Kxb3 78.Ra1 Kc4 79.Nf2 Kb5 80.Rb1+ Kc4 81.Ne4 Ra3 82.Nd2+ Kd5 83.Rh1 a4 84.Rh5+ Kd4 85.Rh4+ Kc5 86.Kd1 Kb5 87.Kc2 Rg3 88.Ne4 Rg2+ 89.Kd3 a3 90.Nc3+ Kb6 91.Ra4 a2 92.Nxa2 Rg3+ 93.Kc2 Rg2+ 94.Kb3 Rg3+ 95.Nc3 Rh3 96.Rb4+ Kc7 97.Rg4 Rh7 98.Kc4 Rf7 99.Rg5 Kb6 100.Na4+ Kc7 101.Kc5 Kd7 102.Kb6 Rf1 103.Nc5+ Ke7 104.Kxc6 Rd1 105.Rg6 Kf7 106.Rh6 Rg1 107.Kd5 Rg5+ 108.Kd4 Rg6 109.Rh1 Rg2 110.Ne4 Ra2 111.Rf1+ Ke7 112.Nc3 Rh2 113.Nd5+ Kd6 114.Rf6+ Kd7 115.Nf4 Rh1 116.Rg6 Rd1+ 117.Nd3 Ke7 118.Ra6 Kd7 119.Ke4 Ke7 120.Rc6 Kd7 121.Rc1 Rxc1 122.Nxc1 ½ - ½ chessdom/carlsen-anand-2014-live-games/
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:40:47 +0000
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