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 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Kf2 Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Nf5 22. Rh1 Bxa2 23. Rxh5 Be6 24. g4 Nd6 25. Rh7 Nf7 26. Ne3 Kd8 27. Nf5 c5 28. Ng3 Ne5 29. Rh8 Rg8 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Rh5 Bxg4 32. fxg4 Rxg4 33. Rxe5 b6 34. Ne4 Rh4 35. Ke2 Rh6 36. b3 Kd7 37. Kd2 Kc6 38. Nc3 a6 39. Re4 Rh2 40. Kc1 Rh1 41. Kb2 Rh6 42. Nd1 Rg6 43. Ne3 Rh6 44. Re7 Rh2 45. Re6 Kb7 46. Kc3 Rh4 47. Kb2 Rh2 48. Nd5 Rd2 49. Nf6 Rf2 50. Kc3 Rf4 51. Ne4 Rh4 52. Nf2 Rh2 53. Rf6 Rh7 54. Nd3 Rh3 55. Kd2 Rh2 56. Rf2 Rh4 57. c4 Rh3 58. Kc2 Rh7 59. Nb2 Rh5 60. Re2 Rg5 61. Nd1 b5 62. Nc3 c6 63. Ne4 Rh5 64. Nf6

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Qb6 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Rb1 Bd7 8. Be2 Bb5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Rc8 11. c3 Bd6 12. Bxb5 Qxb5 13. Ne5 h6 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Qf3 Qa6 16. Qh3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. a3 g5 19. Be3 h5 20. Bd4 Nc5 21. b4 Na4 22. Qe3 b6 23. Rf1 Rg8 24. f4 Rc7 25. f5 Qc8 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Rbc1 Nb2 28. Qf3 g4 29. Qf7+ Kd7 30. Rf6 Qe8 31. Qxe6+ Kd8 32. Qxd5+ Kc8 33. Qa8+ Kd7 34. e6+ 1-0

[White "skee24"] [Black "ijdgaf2124"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. d5 Bg7 4. f3 e5 5. Nh3 Bxh3 6. gxh3 Qh4+ 7. Ke2 c6 8. Nc3 cxd5 9. Nxd5 Nc6 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 Nd4+ 12. Kd2 Qf4+ 13. Ke1 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Qf2+ 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Kd3 Qd4# 0-1

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.11.17"] [White "ChessTron1094"] [Black "Erik2055"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1187"] [BlackElo "1286"] [TimeControl "10|0"] [Termination "ChessTron1094 won on time"] 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Nf5 8.Be3 c4 9.Bg5 Qxb2 10.Bc1 Qb6 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.Ng5 Be7 13.Ndf3 h6 14.Nh3 g5 15.Nfxg5 hxg5 16.Nxg5 Bxg5 17.Bxg5 Nce7 18.Bf6 Bd7 19.Bxh8 O-O-O 20.Bf6 Rg8 21.Rb1 Bc6 22.Qc2 Ng6 23.Bg4 Ngh4 24.Bh5 Rxg2+ 25.Kh1 Rg8 26.Rg1 Rf8 27.Rg7 a6 28.Rbg1 Nxg7 29.Bxg7 Rg8 30.Qh7 Qd8 31.Bf6 Rxg1+ 32.Kxg1 Nf3+ 33.Bxf3 Qe8 34.Bh5 b5 35.Qxf7 Qxf7 36.Bxf7 1-0

[Event "World Chess Championship 2014"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2014.11.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Robot 9"] [PlyCount "239"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"] 1. e4 {4} e5 {9} 2. Nf3 {5} Nc6 {5} 3. Bb5 {9} Nf6 {5} 4. O-O {10} Nxe4 {6} 5. d4 {6} Nd6 {7} 6. Bxc6 {15} dxc6 {5} 7. dxe5 {12} Nf5 {7} 8. Qxd8+ {9} Kxd8 {6} 9. h3 {9} Ke8 {19} 10. Nc3 {195} h5 {9} 11. Bf4 {80} Be7 {16} 12. Rad1 {135} Be6 {64} 13. Ng5 {57} Rh6 {52} 14. g3 {90} Bxg5 {265} 15. Bxg5 {8} Rg6 {11} 16. h4 {57} (16. Bf4 Nh4 17. Kh1 Nf3 18. Kg2 Nh4+ 19. Kh1 Nf3 20. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 (20) Grischuk,A (2747)-Anand,V (2817) Monte Carlo 2011}) 16... f6 {29} 17. exf6 {21} gxf6 {7} 18. Bf4 {10} Nxh4 {41} 19. f3 {140} Rd8 {45} 20. Kf2 {68} (20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Kf2 Nf5 22. Rh1 Ng7 23. Bd2 Bf5 24. Nd1 Bxc2 25. Ne3 Bd3 26. Ng2 Ne6 27. Rxh5 Rg7 28. Bc3 Ke7 29. Rh6 Rf7 30. g4 Bb1 31. a3 f5 32. g5 Nxg5 33. Nf4 Ke8 34. Rg6 Nh7 35. Rg8+ Rf8 36. Rg7 Rf7 {1/2-1/2 (36) Anand,V (2817)-Nakamura, H (2753) Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2011 CBM 145 [Edouard,R]}) 20... Rxd1 {41} 21. Nxd1 { 19} (21. Rxd1 Nxf3 22. Kxf3 Bg4+ 23. Ke4 Bxd1 24. Nxd1 Rg7 25. Kf5 Rd7) 21... Nf5 {9} 22. Rh1 {48} Bxa2 {75} 23. Rxh5 {13} (23. b3 Bb1) 23... Be6 {12} 24. g4 {38} (24. Bxc7 Rh6 25. Rxh6 Nxh6 26. g4 Nf7 27. Ke3 Kd7 28. Bb8 a5 29. Nc3 b5 30. Ne4 Ke7 31. Bc7 a4 32. Ba5 Ne5 33. Bc3 Nd7 34. Kd4 c5+ 35. Nxc5 Nxc5 36. Kxc5 Bc4 37. b3 axb3 38. cxb3 Bxb3 39. Bxf6+ Kxf6 40. g5+ Kxg5 41. f4+ Kxf4 42. Kxb5 Ke5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Solak,D (2610)-Bacrot,E (2739) Yerevan ARM 2014}) 24... Nd6 {303} 25. Rh7 {78} Nf7 {627} (25... Bd7 26. Ne3 Kd8 27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. c4) ( 25... f5 26. g5 (26. Rxc7 Nb5 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxb7 Bxc2 29. Ne3) 26... Nf7 27. Rh5 Rg8 28. Kg3 Rh8 29. Rxh8+ Nxh8 30. Bxc7 Ng6 31. Nc3 Kd7 32. Bb8 a5 33. Na4 Kc8 34. Bf4 b5 35. Nc5 Ba2 36. c3 a4 37. Bd6 Bd5 38. f4 Kd8 39. Kf2 Nh4 40. Ke3 Ke8 41. Nd3 Be4 42. Nf2 Bd5 43. Ba3 Kf7 44. Kd4 Ke6 45. Nd3 Ng6 46. Nc5+ Kf7 47. Na6 Nxf4 48. Ke5 Nd3+ 49. Kxf5 c5 50. g6+ Kg8 51. Nxc5 Nxc5 52. Bxc5 { 1/2-1/2 (52) Giri,A (2768)-Radjabov,T (2726) Tashkent UZB 2014}) 26. Ne3 {105} Kd8 {534} 27. Nf5 {107} c5 {333} 28. Ng3 {112} Ne5 {1651} (28... Bd5 29. Ne4 ( 29. Ke3) 29... b6 (29... Bxe4 30. Rxf7 Bxc2 31. Rxc7) 30. Nc3 Be6 31. Nb5 c6 32. Nxa7 Kd7 33. b3) 29. Rh8+ {1493} (29. Rh5 Nd7) 29... Rg8 {565} (29... Kd7 30. Rh5 (30. Ne4 Kc6 31. Bxe5 fxe5 32. Rh5 Bxg4 33. fxg4 Rxg4 34. Rh6+ Kb5 35. Kf3) 30... Nc6 (30... Bxg4 31. fxg4 Rxg4) 31. Rxc5 b6 32. Rh5) 30. Bxe5 {266} fxe5 {16} (30... Rxh8 31. Bxf6+) 31. Rh5 {8} Bxg4 {305} (31... Rf8 32. Ke3 Bd5 33. Ne4 Bxe4 34. Kxe4 Rf4+ 35. Ke3 Rb4 36. b3 c4 37. Rxe5 cxb3 38. cxb3) 32. fxg4 {31} Rxg4 {5} 33. Rxe5 {30} b6 {126} 34. Ne4 {26} Rh4 {88} 35. Ke2 {25} Rh6 {253} 36. b3 {108} Kd7 {31} 37. Kd2 {102} Kc6 {113} 38. Nc3 {135} a6 {181} 39. Re4 {49} Rh2+ {48} 40. Kc1 {0} Rh1+ {0} 41. Kb2 {34} Rh6 {289} 42. Nd1 {66} Rg6 {355} 43. Ne3 {34} Rh6 {69} 44. Re7 {269} Rh2 {164} 45. Re6+ {58} Kb7 {96} 46. Nd5 {135} Rd2 {182} 47. Nf6 {80} Rf2 {12} (47... Rd6 48. Rxd6 cxd6 49. c4) 48. Kc3 {88} Rf4 {387} 49. Ne4 {276} Rh4 {358} 50. Nf2 {59} Rh2 {65} 51. Rf6 { 29} Rh7 {135} 52. Nd3 {55} Rh3 {312} 53. Kd2 {45} Rh2+ {7} 54. Rf2 {26} Rh4 {6} 55. c4 {50} Rh3 {122} 56. Kc2 {37} Rh7 {7} 57. Nb2 {59} Rh5 {178} 58. Re2 {0} Rg5 {0} 59. Nd1 {271} b5 {294} 60. Nc3 {121} c6 {97} 61. Ne4 {196} Rh5 {46} 62. Nf6 {95} Rg5 {390} 63. Re7+ Kb6 64. Nd7+ Ka5 65. Re4 (65. Ne5 Kb4 66. Nxc6+ Ka3 67. cxb5 Rg2+ 68. Kc3 Rg3+ 69. Kc4 axb5+ 70. Kxb5) 65... Rg2+ 66. Kc1 (66. Kc3 b4+ 67. Kd3 Rd2+ 68. Kxd2) 66... Rg1+ (66... Kb4 67. cxb5+ Kc3 68. Re3+ Kd4 69. Re5 cxb5 70. Rxc5 a5) 67. Kd2 Rg2+ 68. Ke1 bxc4 69. Rxc4 Rg3 70. Nxc5 Kb5 71. Rc2 a5 72. Kf2 Rh3 73. Rc1 Kb4 74. Ke2 Rc3 75. Nd3+ Kxb3 76. Ra1 Kc4 77. Nf2 Kb5 78. Rb1+ Kc4 79. Ne4 Ra3 80. Nd2+ Kd5 81. Rh1 a4 82. Rh5+ Kd4 83. Rh4+ Kc5 84. Kd1 Kb5 85. Kc2 Rg3 86. Ne4 Rg2+ 87. Kd3 a3 88. Nc3+ Kb6 89. Ra4 a2 90. Nxa2 Rg3+ 91. Kc2 Rg2+ 92. Kb3 Rg3+ 93. Nc3 Rh3 94. Rb4+ Kc7 95. Rg4 Rh7 96. Kc4 Rf7 97. Rg5 Kb6 98. Na4+ Kc7 99. Kc5 Kd7 100. Kb6 Rf1 101. Nc5+ Ke7 102. Kxc6 Rd1 103. Rg6 Kf7 104. Rh6 Rg1 105. Kd5 Rg5+ 106. Kd4 Rg6 107. Rh1 Rg2 108. Ne4 Ra2 109. Rf1+ Ke7 110. Nc3 Rh2 111. Nd5+ Kd6 112. Rf6+ Kd7 113. Nf4 Rh1 114. Rg6 Rd1+ 115. Nd3 Ke7 116. Ra6 Kd7 117. Ke4 Ke7 118. Rc6 Kd7 119. Rc1 Rxc1 120. Nxc1 {1/2-1/2 (122) Carlsen,M (2863)-Anand,V (2792) Sochi 2014} 1/2-1/2

[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rajaji Suseenthiram"] [Black "Lasse Lindqvist"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [ECO "E80"] [TimeControl "0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 b6 8. Qd2 h6 9. Bd3 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Nge2 Ba6 12. b3 Bc8 13. h4 Bd7 14. O-O-O Qc8 15. g4 h5 16. g5 Nh7 17. f4 Bg4 18. Rdf1 exf4 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 O-O 21. Nxf4 Qe8 22. Nb5 Rc8 23. Na7 Ra8 24. Nb5 Rc8 25. Na7 Ra8 26. Nc6 Bd7 27. e5 Bxc6 28. exd6 Bb7 29. Re1 Qd7 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Re7 Qxe7 32. dxe7 Rxf4 33. Qc3 Re4 34. Rf1 Rxe7 35. Qg3 Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Nxf8 37. d6 cxd6 38. Qxd6 Re6 39. Qd8 Be4 40. Kb2 Bf5 41. Ka3 Nd3 42. Qd5 Nb4 43. Qd2 Bb1 44. Kb2 Bf5 45. a3 Nd3+ 46. Kc3 Nc5 47. Kb2 Kf7 48. b4 Nd3+ 49. Kc3 axb4+ 50. axb4 Nd7 51. Qg2 Nf4 52. Qb7 Re2 53. Qf3 Re4 54. Qf2 Ne2+ 55. Kb3 Nd4+ 56. Ka4 Kg8 57. Ka3 Re3+ 58. Ka4 Bc2+ *

[White "Herra Hirmu"] [Black "L. Kankaan koje"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 a6 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9.h3 O-O 10.O-O b5 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 Qb6 13.Nc1 Na5 14.Nb3 Bb7 15.Nfd2 Rac8 ( 15...Nc4 16.Nxc4 dxc4 17.Bxc4 Qc6 ) 16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Nb3 Qb6 18.a5 Qd8 19.Qe2 Rc6 20.Rfc1 Qc8 21.Rxc6 Qxc6 22.Rc1 Qa4 23. Rc7 Bd8 24.Rxb7 Qxb3 25.Bd6 Re8 26.Rxb4 Qa2 27.Bxa6 Bxa5 28.Rb8 Rxb8 29.Bxb8 Qb1+ 30.Kh2 Bc3 31.bxc3 Qxb8+ 32.g3 h5 33.c4 dxc4 34.Qxc4 h4 35.Qc8+ Qxc8 36.Bxc8 Ne4 37.Kg2 hxg3 38.fxg3 Kf8 39.Ba6 Ke7 40.Bd3 Nf6 41.Kf3 Kd6 42.Bc4 Nh7 43.h4 Nf6 44.g4 Nd7 45.g5 f6 46.Kg4 Nb6 47. Bb3 e5 48.gxf6 gxf6 49.h5 Ke7 50.h6 Kf8 51.Kf5 1-0

[Event "Chess.com"] [Site "Internet"] [Date "2014.11.03"] [White "Bryer, Arlo"] [Black "Nandi, Robin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C47"] [Opening "Four Knights: Italian Variation"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 Nxe4 {An exchanging tactic that frees black's game.} 5.Nxe4 {5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxe4 was also possible} d5 6.Qe2 {Not bad but I would prefer 6.Bxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 which is about equal} dxc4 7.Qxc4 Be7 8.d3 a6 {Threatening to embarass the Queen.} 9.Neg5 O-O 10.O-O {10.Qe4 g6 could have been tried} h6 11.Ne4? {A mistake as now white loses his Queen 11.Nh3 was forced.} Be6! 12.Qa4 b5 13.Qb3 Bxb3 14.axb3 Nd4! {Exchanging pieces - generally a good idea when winning.} 15.Nxd4 Qxd4 16.Ra5 f5! {Opening the position} 17.c3? {Now white loses a piece due to the unprotected rook on a5.} Qb6 18.b4 fxe4 19.dxe4 {19.Be3 first was better} Rxf2! {Nice tactic to finish off - opens up white's King.} 20.Rxf2 Rf8 {#R Mate will come soon} 0-1

[Event "PiF-pikkujouluturnaus, Kolme Kaisaa"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.12.6"] [Round "?"] [White "Huntteri"] [Black "Autumnal"] [Result "*"] [ECO "C40"] [PlyCount "50"] [SourceDate "2013.12.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nxe4 O-O 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. d4 Re8 9. Be3 Qxd5 10. c4 Qh5 11. O-O-O b5 12. c5 c6 13. Rg1 Be6 14. b3 a5 15. Ng5 Qxh2 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Qf3 Qxg1 18. Bd3 Qh2 19. g3 Rxe3 20. fxe3 Qxa2 21. Rh1 Qa3+ 22. Kc2 a4 23. b4 Qa2+ 24. Kc1 h6 25. e4 Bg5+ *

[Event "World Chess Championship 2014"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2014.11.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "AS"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "RUS"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 {Die "alte" Hauptvariante.} ({In der 3.Partie geschah} 6... Nbd7) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Re8 {Ein bisher selten gespielter Zug, um Anand aus den vorbereiteten Varianten zu werfen.} ({Die Hauptvariante entsteht nach} 9... Qa5 {. Danach kann Weiß mit der langen Rochade das Spiel sehr verschärfen.} 10. Rd1 (10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. g5 exf4 14. gxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Ne7 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rhg1+ Kh8 18. e4 b5 19. Bd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 b4 21. axb4 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qa6 23. Qc6 Rd8 24. Kc3 Bb7 25. Qxa6 Bxa6 26. Rd4 Rac8+ 27. Kd2 Bb7 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Kxc1 Kg7 30. Nh4 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Bxd5 32. Nf5+ Kf8 33. Kd2 Ke8 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. Kd4 Be6 36. Ke4 Bxf5+ 37. Kxf5 Kc6 38. Kxf4 Kb5 39. Kf5 Kxb4 40. Kxf6 Kb3 41. f4 Kxb2 42. f5 a5 43. Kxf7 a4 44. f6 a3 45. Kg8 a2 46. f7 a1=Q 47. f8=Q Qa2+ 48. Kxh7 {1/2-1/2 (48) Anand,V (2752)-Kramnik,V (2809) Leon 2002}) 10... Be7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nh5 13. O-O Nxf4 14. exf4 g6 15. g3 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. f5 gxf5 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. Qh6 Be8 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Rd6 Qc7 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qh4+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Nb5 Qa5 30. b4 Nxb4 31. Rxe6+ fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kd8 33. Qf6+ Kc8 34. Qxf5+ Kd8 35. Qf6+ Kc8 36. axb4 {1-0 (36) Kramnik,V (2759)-Carlsen,M (2772) Dortmund 2009 }) 10. Bg5 ({Andere Züge an dieser Stelle} 10. Rd1 e5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Be2 d3 15. Qxd3 e4 16. Qd6 exf3 17. Bxf3 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Ne4 19. Rd5 Nxg5 20. Rxg5 Ne5 21. b3 h6 22. Rh5 a5 23. Rh4 Ra6 24. Kd2 Rf6 25. Ke2 Rb6 26. Rb1 Bf5 27. c5 Bd3+ 28. Kd2 Bxb1 29. cxb6 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Re6 {0-1 (30) Thomas,G-Marshall,F London 1927}) ({Oder} 10. O-O-O e5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. exd4) (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1) 10... Be7 (10... d4 11. O-O-O {ist Zugumstellung zu 10.0-0-0}) 11. Rd1 {Anand entschließt sich zu einer positionellen Spielweise.} Qa5 12. Bd3 {Weiß ist etwas besser entwickelt. Besonders der Lc8 macht Schwarz noch Sorgen.} h6 13. Bh4 dxc4 (13... a6 14. O-O (14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Ncxe7) 14... dxc4 15. Bxc4) 14. Bxc4 a6 15. O-O (15. Ba2 b5 16. Bb1 g6 (16... Bb7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Rd7 Bxc3+ 20. Kf1) 17. O-O Bb7) 15... b5 16. Ba2 Bb7 {Carlsen hat hier erst 15 Minuten Bedenkzeit verbraucht, Anand 30 Minuten.} 17. Bb1 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rd7 {bringt wenig ein. Schwarz spielt einfach} Re7 ({oder auch} 18... Qb6)) 17... Rad8 (17... Red8 $5 {um den anderen Turm nach c8 zu bringen, ist auch eine Idee.}) 18. Bxf6 (18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxh4 21. Nxh4 Qa4 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Nf3 ( 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Ng6+ Kf6) 23... Rd1 24. Bd3) 18... Bxf6 19. Ne4 (19. Qh7+ Kf8 {bringt Weiß überhaupt nichts. Die Dame steht dann deplatziert.}) 19... Be7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 b4 22. Rc1 (22. Qxa5 Nxa5 23. axb4 Nc4 $11 24. b3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 (25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. bxc4 Be2 27. Rc1 Bxc4) 25... Nd2) 22... bxa3 23. bxa3 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Ne7 25. Rfc1 Rc8 26. Bd3 Red8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 { Die Partie ist völlig ausgeglichen.} 29. Nd2 Nb6 30. Nb3 Nd7 31. Na5 Bc8 32. Kf1 Kf8 33. Ke1 Ke7 34. Kd2 Kd6 35. Kc3 Ne5 36. Be2 Kc5 37. f4 Nc6 38. Nxc6 Kxc6 39. Kd4 f6 40. e4 Kd6 41. e5+ {Anand bot Remis an.} fxe5+ 42. fxe5+ Kc6 43. a4 a5 1/2-1/2