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Magnus Carlsen – Viswanathan Anand
World Chess Championship; match game 11; Sochi, November 23, 2014
Spanish C67

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nc3 h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 c5. For 12. ... b6 see Anand – Nakamura, London 2010. 13. Rad1 b6 14. Rfe1. For the immediate 14. Nd5 see Kokarev – Lékó, Loo 2014. 14. ... Be6 15. Nd5 g5 16. c4. A novelty. For 16. Nh2 Kb7 see Zhidkov – Vitoshinskiy, Dubna 2001. 16. ... Kb7 17. Kh2. “I defer to the experts, but I guess White wants g2-g4, Kh2-g3 and h3-h4, followed by rolling his kingside, if poss.”, Nigel Short tweeted. 17. ... a5 18. a4 Ne7 19. g4 Ng6 20. Kg3 Be7 21. Nd2 Rhd8 22. Ne4 Bf8 23. Nef6. “I would take Black more than ever after 23. ... b5”, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave enthusiastically said.

23. ... b5! 隨便。 “Anand played 23. ... b5 right away. It is tactically OK but a bit risky. Safer is 23. ... c6. This is a clear Pawn sac”, Zsuzsa Polgár said. 24. Bc3. Now 24. cxb5 c6! drops the b-Pawn, whereas if 24. axb5 then 24. ... a4! with excellent compensation for the Pawn. 24. ... bxa4 25. bxa4 Kc6. “Very strange decisions by Carlsen from the very start up to allowing the ... b6-b5 break. Now he will need a world of cleverness to save the day”, Vachier-Lagrave said. 26. Kf3 Rdb8. “Anand played 26. ... Rdb8. Not a blunder but not as strong as 26. ... Be7”, Polgár said. 27. Ke4. Now “There is the interesting exchange sac 27. ... Rb3 28. Rb1 Ra3 29. Ra1 Rxc3 30. Nxc3 Bxc4 but I would be surprised to see it happen”, Erwin l’Ami said. Instead... 27. ... Rb4!??? A cryptic Exchange sacrifice – it reminds me Henrique Mecking’s 37. ... Rb4 against 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) in Wijk aan Zee 2009. “... Rb8-b4 seems rather strange. ... Bf8-e7xf6 seemed better as Nepo suggested. Unfortunately, I think Carlsen is going to wrap up the match now”, Hikaru Nakamura said. 28. Bxb4 cxb4? “I am still stunned of Anand’s series of decision to play 26. ... Rdb8, 27. ... Rb4 then 28. ... cxb4 instead of the ... Bf8-e7 idea”, Polgár cried. Nolens volens, the consistent 28. ... axb4(!) 29. Ra1 Bg7 was compulsory. 29. Nh5 Kb7 30. f4 gxf4 31. Nhxf4 Nxf4. After 31. ... c6 32. Nxg6 fxg6 33. Nf4 White stands much better, but the text is even worse. 32. Nxf4 Bxc4 33. Rd7. Game over. 33. ... Ra6 34. Nd5 Rc6 35. Rxf7 Bc5 36. Rxc7+ Rxc7 37. Nxc7 Kc6 38. Nb5 Bxb5 39. axb5+ Kxb5 40. e6 b3 41. Kd3 Be7 42. h4 a4 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 a3 45. Kc3 1 : 0.

Viswanathan Anand
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