Tag Archives: Viswanathan Anand

[video] Chess News #52: Anand – Nakamura, St. Louis 2018 (Rapid & Blitz)

Chess News, Chess Videos, ,

Click on the moves below to start playing the game:

[pgn_compat]
[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

[/pgn_compat]

[video] Chess News #42: Naiditsch – Anand, Baden-Baden 2013

Chess News, Chess Videos, , , ,

Hi all,

In this Chess News video I discuss the game that won Viswanathan Anand the Grenke Chess Classic in Baden-Baden. The opening was the same as from the famous game Kasparov – The World that was played on The Internet in 1999.

After a sharp opening Naiditsch mistakenly went for an endgame that gave Anand good winning chances. In the end the World Champion used one of the most important end game techniques to win the game: zugzwang!

Enjoy the video!

Click the play button below to start the video

[video] WCC 2008 Sample: Kramnik – Anand, Bonn 2008, Game #8

Chess Videos, ,

Hi all,

I’m doing an extensive video series on the Anand – Kramnik World Championship Match that was recently held in Bonn, Germany. As we all know Vishy has retained the title in convincing style. Congratulations to him!

The complete video analysis for all the games is avalaible as a free bonus from the Better Your Chess University if you sign up.
Below you will find a free sample for game 8 (playing time: 50 minutes).
Enjoy!

[video] Chess News #31: Anand – Ivanchuk, Bilbao 2008

Chess News, Chess Videos, , , , ,

Yesterday was the first round of the new Grand Slam Chess Final. it is being held in Bilbao, Spain. Magnus Carlsen got of to a great start as he defeated Levon Aronian with black. It reminded me of the candidates matches they played in Elista earlier. There Carlsen put up a tremendous fight to constantly get back into the match.

It could have been quite a vote yesterday, for playing with the black pieces, had Ivanchuk seized his opportunity to capitalize on a promising position against Anand. It is this game that I am taking a look at in the video: