B40 Zhang Zhong (CHN) - Anand Viswanathan (IND) Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 2004

[#]1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d3 =

[3.b3 b6 4.c4 ¥b7 5.¤c3 ¤c6 6.¥b2 e5 7.¥e2 g6 8.O-O ¥g7 9.¤e1 ¤ge7 10.¤d5 ¤d4 11.¤c2 O-O 12.f4 ef 13.¤d4 ¥d5 14.ed cd 15.¥d3 ¥e5 16.£e1 £c7 17.£h4 f6 18.¥a3 ¦f7 19.¦ae1 ¤f5 20.¥f5 gf 21.£h3 ¦g7 22.£f5 ¢h8 ...1-0, Zhang Zhong 2510 - Kobalia Mikhail 2505 , Calicut 1998 Ch World (juniors) (under 20)]

3...b5 4.g3 ¥b7 5.¥g2 d6

[5...¥e7 6.O-O d6 7.¦e1 ¤f6 8.¤bd2 O-O 9.¤f1 ¤c6 10.h3 a5 11.g4 ¤d7 12.¤g3 ¤de5 13.¤h2 ¤g6 14.c3 ¥g5 15.d4 ¥c1 16.¦c1 cd 17.cd ¤f4 18.¤e2 ¤g2 19.¢g2 f5 20.£b3 ¤b4 21.¤f4 fe 22.¤e6 ¦f2 23.¢f2 £f6 24.¢g1 ¥d5 25.£e3 ...1-0, Korchnoi Viktor 2595 - Agdestein Simen 2560 , Haninge 1988 It (cat.13)]

6.O-O ¤f6

[6...¤d7 7.a4 a6 8.¤a3 ¤gf6 9.¥g5 £b6 10.¥f6 ¤f6 11.ab ab 12.c3 ¦b8 13.£e2 ¥e7 14.¦fb1 O-O 15.b4 ¦a8 16.c4 bc 17.bc £c5 18.¦b7 ¦a3 19.¦a3 £a3 20.dc ¦e8 21.e5 ¤g4 22.ed ¥d6 23.¥h3 h5 24.£e4 ¤f6 25.£c6 ¦d8 26.¥f1 ...0-1, Bosboom Manuel 2460 - Schlosser Philipp 2485 , Lippstadt 1991 It;

6...¥e7 7.¦e1 ¤d7 8.c4 a6 9.a3 ¤gf6 10.¤c3 bc 11.dc £c7 12.¥f4 ¤g4 13.¥g5 ¤ge5 14.¥e7 ¢e7 15.¤d2 g5 16.f3 h5 17.£e2 h4 18.f4 gf 19.gf h3 20.¥h1 ¦ag8 21.¢f1 ¤g6 22.£f2 ¤f6 23.¢e2 ¦h4 24.f5 ¤f4 25.¢d1 ¦hg4 26.¢c2 ...0-1, Preuschoff Michael 2264 - Portisch Lajos 2595 , Bad Woerishofen 1992 It (open)]

7.¤g5

[7.¦e1 ¤bd7 8.¤bd2 ¥e7 9.d4 cd 10.¤d4 £b6 11.٪b3 ¤c5 12.¤c5 dc 13.¤b3 O-O 14.a4 a6 15.¥d2 1/2-1/2, Saulin Dmitri 2395 - Donchenko Anatoly G 2370 , Moscow 1996 It (cat.3);

7.c3 ¤bd7 8.¤bd2 ¥e7 9.¦e1 O-O 10.a4 a6 11.¤g5 ¤e5 12.£e2 h6 13.¤h3 £b6 14.¢h1 ¦fe8 15.f4 ¤ed7 16.g4 ¤h7 17.¤f3 £c7 18.g5 hg 19.¤hg5 ¤df8 20.¤h7 ¤h7 21.¦g1 ¥f8 22.¥d2 e5 23.fe de 1/2-1/2, Nevednichy Vladislav 2480 - Portisch Lajos 2615 , Biel 1995 It (open)]

7...h6 -0.09 CAP 8.¤h3 ¤c6N

[8...g5 9.f4 g4 10.¤f2 h5 11.c3 ¤bd7 12.¤a3 a6 13.¤c2 ¤b6 14.d4 d5 15.e5 ¤g8 16.f5 ef 17.dc ¥c5 18.¤d4 ¥c8 19.¤d3 ¥d4 20.cd h4 21.¦e1 h3 22.¥f1 ¥e6 23.b3 ¤d7 24.¥e3 ¤e7 25.£d2 ¤c6 26.¦ac1 ¦c8 27.¤c5 ¤c5 28.¦c5 ...1/2-1/2, Vesselovsky Serguei 2422 - Lahner Jakub 2241 , Ostrava 2002 It (open)]

9.f4 ¥e7 10.¥e3 h5 11.¤f2 d5 12.e5 ¤d7 13.c4 -0.35

[13.¤a3!? £b6 14.c3 h4 15.g4 -0.08]

13...bc 14.dc ¤b6 +0.04

[14...d4!? 15.¥d2 £b6 16.¤a3 h4 -0.35]

15.¤a3 ¦b8 +0.13

[15...h4!? 16.g4 O-O 17.g5 d4 -0.11]

16.¤d3 d4 17.¥d2 g6?! +0.46

[17...h4!? 18.g4 h3 19.¥f3 O-O -0.05]

18.b3 ¢f8?! +1.00

[18...O-O!? 19.£e1 a6 20.¥c6 ¥c6 +0.31]

19.¤c2 +0.58

[19.¤b5!? a6 20.¤d6 ¥d6 21.ed +1.00]

19...¤d7 +1.06

[19...¢g7!? 20.£e2 ¦f8 21.¤a3 a6 +0.58]

20.£e2 +0.62

[20.b4!? ¢g7 21.£e1 cb 22.¥c6 +1.06]

20...£c7 +0.85

[20...¢g7!? 21.b4 £c7 22.¦ab1 ¦hc8 +0.62]

21.h3?! +0.28

[21.¦ae1!? ¢g7 22.f5 gf 23.¤a3 +0.85]

21...¤d8?! +1.00

[21...¢g7!? 22.¤a3 a6 23.¢h2 h4 +0.28]

22.¤ce1?! +0.46

[22.¥b7!? ¤b7 23.b4 ¢g7 24.bc +1.00]

22...¥g2 23.¤g2 +0.37

[23.¢g2!? ¢g7 24.¤f3 ¦f8 25.¤g5 +0.62]

23...¢e8

[23...¢g7!? 24.¤ge1 ¦f8 25.¤f3 £c6 +0.37]

24.g4? -0.41 =/+ Opening play on the kingside cannot be justified.

[For example, after 24.£e4!? the position is equal;

¹However, CAP suggestion here may turn out more appropriate: 24.¤ge1 ¢f8 25.¤f3 ¢g7 26.¤g5 ~0+0.70 += - White does not really have to occupy the e4-square with his queen (the more mobile piece), when there is an opportunity to try to transfer his g2-knight (the less mobile piece) there. By the way, the white knight is posed on g2 awkwardly.]

24...hg 25.hg £c6 26.¦f3

[26.£f3]

26...£a6 27.£d1 -0.81

[27.¦ff1!? £c6 28.¦ad1 ¢f8 29.¦f3 -0.32]

27...¤c6 28.£c2 ¢d8 (!) Anand transfers his king to a safe location, preparing to build up his rooks on the h-file afterwards. 29.¦e1 ¢c7 30.f5? -2.01 black stands better/-+ White keeps to his suicide strategy, and his position is already quite unpleasant.

[¹30.b4 cb 31.c5 ¦b5 32.¦b1 -0.86]

30...gf 31.gf ¦bg8 32.fe fe 33.¦f7 -2.76

[33.¥f4!? ¥h4 34.¦b1 £b7 35.b4 -2.26]

33...¢c8 34.¥f4 ¥f8 35.£f2?! -4.01

[35.¥h2!? ¥e7 36.¦ef1 ¦g4 37.ٽf2 -2.51]

35...¤d8 Perhaps, White failed to notice that his 'active' rook had suddenly been entrapped. 36.¦d7 ¢d7 37.b4 White could already have resigned there but the Chinese grandmaster made few moves more mechanically. 37...¢e8 38.bc ¦h3 39.£c2 £c6 40.¦e2 ¥c5 -4.01 [...] White resigned. [0:1]