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@ Fischer Chess Academy _Mandar Shiraskar, 14/06/2024 1

Aronian,Levon 16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 f5 18.Qxe6+


Anand,Viswanathan Kxh7 19.Qxd7 cxd4 20.exd4 Bb8
21.Kg1 Bh2+ 22.Kh1= ] 14...cxd4
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 15.exd4 [ 15.Nxf8 Bxf8 16.h3 dxc3
The Semi-Slav Variation 5.e3 17.hxg4 Nf6 Anand ] 15...Bc5!
allowing Black to play Meran. [ 5.Bg5 16.Be2? Obvious and wrong!
leads to more complex Anti-Meran lines [ Anand shows the correct line, 16.dxc5
like the Moscow and the Botvinnik Nxc5 17.Nxf8 Nxd3 18.h3! ( 18.Bd2?
System. ] 5...Nbd7 [ The immediate Qh4 19.h3 Qg3 20.hxg4 Qxg2#;
5...dxc4 is also possible. ] 6.Bd3 dxc4 18.Kh1? Qh4 19.h3 Qxh3+ 20.Kg1
7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.0-0 [ 9.e4 e5 Qh2# ) 18...Qd4+ 19.Kh1 Ndf2+
is another line. ] 9...0-0 10.Qc2 Bb7 20.Rxf2 Nxf2+ 21.Kh2 Kxf8 22.Qh7
11.a3 This appears slow. [ 11.e4 e5 Nd3 23.Qh8+ Ke7 24.Qh4+ f6 25.Qg3
12.Rd1 deserves attention according to Kf7 26.Be3= ] 16...Nde5!! 17.Bxg4
Ruslan Scherbakov.; 11.Bd2!? [ 17.dxc5?? Qd4+ 18.Kh1 Nf2+
also deserves attention. ] 11...Rc8 19.Rxf2 ( 19.Kg1 Nh3+ 20.Kh1 Qg1+
12.Ng5 [ After 12.b4 Black appears 21.Rxg1 Nf2# ) 19...Qxf2 20.Bd3
busted. Now he came up with a Bxg2#; 17.fxe5?? Qxd4+ 18.Kh1 Qg1+
stunning move, c5 in Topalov- 19.Rxg1 Nf2# ] 17...Bxd4+ 18.Kh1
Kasimdzhanov, Tashkent 2012, an Nxg4 19.Nxf8 [ Anand gives 19.Ng5 f5
important theoretical draw. ] 12...c5 20.h3 Rf6 21.Nf3 Rh6-+ If 22.Bd2
This was first suggested by Ruslan Rxh3+! 23.gxh3 Qh4 24.Kg2 Bf2
Scherbakov in his column at 25.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 Qh2#
ChessPublishing.com. [ 12...Bxh2+!? A picturesque mate! ] 19...f5 20.Ng6
13.Kxh2 Ng4+ 14.Kg1 Qxg5 15.Bxh7+ Qf6 21.h3 [ 21.Ne5 Nxh2! The only
( Or 15.f3 Ngf6 16.b4 as in Wojtaszek- move. But it wins as ointed out by
Negi, German Team Championship Anand. ] 21...Qxg6 22.Qe2 Qh5
2012 ) 15...Kh8 Now Fritz suggests 23.Qd3 Conceding a brilliant finish.
16.Be4! with a plus. If Qh4 17.Rd1 ] [ 23.Qxe6+ loses to Kh7 24.Nd5
13.Nxh7 [ 13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.Be4 Rd8-+; After 23.Rf3 Black could have
( In NiC Yearbook 106 Editor, Peter Boel won in prosaic style with Nf2+ 24.Kh2
gives the line, 14.d5!? exd5 15.Nxb5 ( 24.Rxf2 Qxh3+! 25.Kg1 Qxg2# )
Bb8 16.Bf5 and comments, white does 24...Bxf3 25.Qxf3 Qxf3 26.gxf3 Bxc3
not look worse. ) 14...Nxe4 15.Ncxe4 27.bxc3 Rxc3-+ ] 23...Be3!
( Anand only gives 15.Ngxe4 Bb8 ) Even as spectators were wondering what
15...Bxe4 16.Nxe4 cxd4 17.Qd3 Nc5 happened Aronian resigned.If 24.Bxe3
18.Nxc5 Rxc5 19.Qxd4⩲ ] 13...Ng4 Qxh3+ 25.Kg1 Qxg2#
14.f4 [ 14.g3?! A) 14...Qh4 0-1
looks tempting. But after 15.f3!+-
Black loses material. ( 15.gxh4??
Bxh2# ); B) 14...Nxh2! 15.Rd1
( 15.Kxh2 Qh4+ 16.Kg1 Qh1# )
15...Nf3+∞; Anand gives 14.h3! Bh2+
15.Kh1 Qh4 threatening 16...Qxh3.

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