[Event "WCh 2013"] [Site "Chennai IND"] [Date "2013.11.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, V."] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2870"] [Annotator "Peter"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C67"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, l'Hermet Variation, Berlin Wall Defense"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/aUGM899G/0wKUUkdk"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 (9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Be3 Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. a3 Rd8 14. Rfe1 a6 { was Anand,V (2817)-Carlsen,M (2823)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2011 }) 9... Bd7 10. Rd1 { White postpones the development of his queen's knight which is rather rare. However, it was also played by Fabiano Caruana the day before at the European Team Championship! } 10... Be7 { A move tried three times by the only GM known to be a second of Carlsen, Norway's #2 Jon Ludvig Hammer. Once it was even against one of Anand's seconds! } (10... Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 b6 14. f5 c5 15. Nd2 h6 16. Ngf3 Bc6 17. Kf2 Kb7 18. b3 g6 { Caruana,F (2779) -Nakamura,H (2783)/Rhodes 2013 }) 11. Nc3 (11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Rd3 h6 { Caruana,F (2782)-Grischuk,A (2785)/Warsaw POL 2013 }) (11. Bg5 Kc8 12. g4 h6 13. Bd2 (13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Kh2 Re8 15. Nbd2 b6 16. Re1 c5 17. Ne4 Bc6 18. h4 Kb7 { Sutovsky,E (2692)-Hammer,J (2606)/Aix-les-Bains 2011 }) 13... Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Bc3 h5 16. f3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Bg3 18. Nd2 Re8 { Ganguly,S (2651)-Hammer,J (2647)/Wijk aan Zee 2011 }) 11... Kc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rd2 (14. a4 a5 15. Rd2 c5 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. e6 fxe6 18. Ne5 Re8 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Nd5 { Berg,E (2587)-Hammer,J (2630)/Achaea 2012 }) 14... c5 15. Rad1 (15. Ne4 b6 16. Ng3 Bc6 17. Nh2 Ng6 18. Re1 Nf4 19. f3 Kb7 20. Kf2 Rad8 { Jakovenko,D (2710)-Almasi,Z (2691)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007 }) 15... Be6 16. Ne1 { Boris Gelfand, who joined Sergey Shipov on Chess.TV's commentary in Russian, thought this was a strange move. \"Maybe Vishy overestimated his position and tried to play ambitiously but wasn't in time.\" (Translation Colin McGourty) At the press conference Anand admitted that the opening didn't go according to plan. } 16... Ng6 17. Nd3 b6 { C1:48 } 18. Ne2 { C1:26 } 18... Bxa2 { This move obviously reminds of the first match game Spassky-Fischer, Reykjavik 1972 where Fischer's 29...Bxh2 was dubious. } 19. b3 (19. f4 { not bothering about \"trapping\" the bishop, als gives compensation according to Garry Kasparov, who spoke about the game with GM Ian Rogers. }) 19... c4 20. Ndc1 cxb3 21. cxb3 { C1:18 } 21... Bb1 { C1:34 } 22. f4 { All logical. White needs to go for active play. } 22... Kb7 { C1:28 Carlsen walked away from the board and watched it while standing about a meter away. Going back to the board, he sat with one leg over the other, all making a very confident impression. } 23. Nc3 Bf5 24. g4 Bc8 { It's clear that White has compensation, but the situation is dangerous for Anand. If Carlsen managed to get out his pieces, he will be simply a pawn up. } 25. Nd3 { C1:10 } 25... h5 { C1:18 } 26. f5 { C1:08 } 26... Ne7 (26... Nh4 27. Kf2 g6 28. Rc1! { the idea being } 28... hxg4 29. hxg4 gxf5 30. Nb5! c5 31. b4! { but can a human find this?\" - GM Erwin l'Ami on Twitter. GM Nigel Short replied: \"Yes. It is quite logical.\" }) 27. Nb5 { C0:55 } 27... hxg4 { C0:55 } (27... a6 { which was perhaps more accurate, e.g. } 28. Nd4 { and only then } 28... hxg4) 28. hxg4 { C0:54 } (28. Rc1 Nd5 29. e6 fxe6 30. Ne5 gxh3? (30... a5 31. Rxc7+ Nxc7 32. Nd6+ Ka7 (32... Ka6 { just wins. }) 33. Nc6+ Ka6 34. Nb4+) 31. Rxc7+! Nxc7 32. Nd6+ Kb8 (32... Ka6 33. Ra2#) 33. Nc6# { Now that's a pretty mate! }) 28... Rh4 { C0:50 } 29. Nf2 Nc6 30. Rc2 { C0:45 } 30... a5 { C0:36 \"Posing the question: what's the threat?\" - GM Jonathan Rowson, who correctly predicted this move on Twitter. } (30... g6 31. Rdc1 Bd7 32. Nd4!? Nxd4 33. Rxc7+ Kb8 34. Rxd7 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Nxc1 36. Ne4 { \"with tons of play for the rook (mating threat)\". He added: \"ok a5 makes a lot of sense followed by a4. Also prevents this funny line, king can get a cover square on a6.\" }) 31. Rc4 { C0:34 } 31... g6! { C0:26 The critical move. Garry Kasparov was quite optimistic about White's (winning) chances until this move. } (31... Bxf5!? 32. Rxc6!? (32. gxf5 Rxc4 33. bxc4 Nxe5 { \"with a likely draw\" (Vachier-Lagrave). }) 32... Kxc6 33. Nd4+ Kb7 34. Nxf5 Rhh8) 32. Rdc1 { C0:18 Anand spent sixteen minutes on this move. } (32. f6!? Be6 33. Rxc6 Kxc6 34. Nd4+ { was given on Twitter by GM Hikaru Nakamura, e.g. } 34... Kc5 (34... Kb7 35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. Kg2) 35. Nxe6+ fxe6 36. Kg2) (32. e6 fxe6 33. fxg6 e5 (33... Rh6) 34. Rxc6 (34. Rd8 Nxd8 35. Rxc7+) 34... Kxc6 35. Rd8 { but didn't get it to work. }) 32... Bd7 { Forced. } 33. e6 { C0:15 } 33... fxe6 34. fxe6 Be8 (34... Bxe6? 35. Rxc6 Bxb3 36. Rxc7+ Ka6 37. R7c3) 35. Ne4! { C0:09 The first line of Houdini, but a great move anyway! :-) It was \"the only move Garry wanted to analyse\" according to GM Ian Rogers, who spoke to the 13th World Champion during the game. } 35... Rxg4+ { C0:24 Played after just two minutes. Trying to keep Anand under pressure? } 36. Kf2 { Threatening a knight check and winning the rook on g4. } 36... Rf4+ { C0:20 This was the main move for Kasparov. } (36... Rd8!? 37. Ke3 Rd5! 38. Nbc3 Re5 39. Kf3 Rgxe4 40. Rxe4 Rxe6 41. Rxe6 Nd4+ 42. Ke3 Nxe6 { and Black can safely play for a win by putting the knight on c5 and hoping to attack b3 with the bishop as well. If Carlsen was anywhere close to a win, this might have been it. }) 37. Ke3 { C0:08 } 37... Rf8 { C14:59 } (37... g5 { which might have been the last attempt for Black to play for a win. } 38. Nxg5? { fails to } 38... Rf5) 38. Nd4! { C06:15 } 38... Nxd4 { C0:12 } 39. Rxc7+ { C05:41 } 39... Ka6 40. Kxd4 Rd8+ { After this move, both players walked away from the board; Anand ordered a new cup of tea. } 41. Kc3 { C0:54 } (41. Ke3 { and says 0.00 but Anand had probably seen the rook ending already. }) 41... Rf3+ { C1:02 } 42. Kb2 Re3 { C0:59 } 43. Rc8! { C0:48 Liquidating to a drawn rook ending 2 that will soon see vs. 1 on the queenside. } 43... Rdd3!? { C0:55 Keeps the game going. } (43... Rd4 44. Rxe8 Rdxe4 45. Rc3! Re2+ 46. Rc2) (43... Rxc8 44. Rxc8 Rxe4 (44... Bb5?! 45. Nd6! Rxe6? 46. Ra8#) 45. Rxe8 { and soon the e- and g-pawns will be swapped with a completely drawn rook ending. }) 44. Ra8+ Kb7 45. Rxe8 Rxe4 46. e7 Rg3 { C0:43 } 47. Rc3 { C0:21 } 47... Re2+ { C0:42 } 48. Rc2 Ree3 49. Ka2 g5 50. Rd2 Re5 51. Rd7+ Kc6 52. Red8 Rge3 53. Rd6+ { C:05:10 } 53... Kb7 { C0:22 } 54. R8d7+ Ka6 55. Rd5 (55. Rg6 Re1 56. Rd2 { was easier. White needs to exchange one pair of rooks. }) 55... Re2+ 56. Ka3 Re6! { Carlsen keeps on finding the most annoying moves for his opponent. } 57. Rd8?! (57. Rxg5?? { allows } 57... b5 { and during the press conference Anand complimented his opponent for finding such tricks, after so many hours, in what seems to be a trivial ending. }) 57... g4 { C0:11 } 58. Rg5 { C01:03 } 58... Rxe7 59. Ra8+ Kb7 60. Rag8 { At the press conference Anand pointed out that at both time controls he could make a check and then another move. } 60... a4!? { Basically ending the game immediately. } 61. Rxg4 axb3 62. R8g7 Ka6 63. Rxe7 Rxe7 64. Kxb3 { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2