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[Event “Saint Louis Rapid 2018”]
[Site “Saint Louis USA”]
[Date “2018.08.11”]
[Round “1.3”]
[White “Anand, Viswanathan”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C65”]
[WhiteElo “2768”]
[BlackElo “2777”]
[Annotator “Waldemar Moes,Better Your Chess!”]
[PlyCount “77”]
[EventDate “2018.08.11”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 c6 9. Ba4 d6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bb3 h6 12. Ne3 d5 {Diagram [#]} 13. exd5 cxd5
14. d4 e4 15. f3 Qd6 $2 {(BAD)} (15… Be6 16. fxe4 Nxe4 17. Qf3 O-O 18. Nf5
$14) 16. g3 $16 O-O (16… Bh3 17. fxe4 Bxf1 18. e5 Qa6 19. exf6 Bc4 20. fxg7
Rg8 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Ba4+ Kd8) (16… h5 $2 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. fxe4 Ne7 19.
Bxf7+ $18) 17. fxe4 dxe4 (17… Nxe4 $2 18. Nxd5 $18) 18. Nf5 Bxf5 (18… Qd8
$2 19. Nxh6+ gxh6 20. Bxh6 $18) 19. Rxf5 Rae8 $2 {(CRITICAL)} 20. Be3 $6 ({
There was nothing wrong with} 20. Bf4 Qd7 (20… Qb6 21. Rxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxc7 $18
) 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Bxh6 Qh3 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Qf1 $16) 20… h5 $2 {(LOST)} (
20… Qa6 $16) 21. Bf4 Qd7 22. Rxf6 gxf6 (22… Bxf4 23. Rxf4) 23. Bxc7 Qxc7
24. Qxh5 $18 {Why is this position a win?} e3 (24… Kg7 25. Qg4+ Kh7 26. Rf1
Qb6 $1 {What does this move do?} (26… Rg8 27. Qh4+ Kg7 28. Qxf6+ Kf8 29.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 30. Rxf7#) (26… e3 27. Bc2+) 27. Qf5+ (27. Rf5 $2 Re5 28. Rf4)
27… Kg7 28. Rf4 Re5 29. Rg4+ Kh8 30. Rh4+ Kg7 31. Qh7#) 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26.
Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Bc2 f5 30. Bb3+ Rf7 31. Re1 {Now that
White will regain the exchange, he switches back to a more structural strategy.
} Qe7 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qxf7+ Qxf7 34. Bxf7 Kxf7 35. Kg2 {And here Nakamura
resigned, f.i.:} f4 36. gxf4 Kf6 37. Kf3 Rh8 38. Re2 {and e3 falls leaving
White up 4 extra pawns!} Rh3+ 39. Ke4 1-0

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