The Emerald Tiger

Anish Giri – Viswanathan Anand
5th Zürich Chess Challenge; Zürich, February 13, 2015
Giuoco Piano C54

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 0-0 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Qd7 13. Nbd2 Qf7 14. g3 Nd7 15. Kg2 a5 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Rf1 Qd7 18. b3 Ne7 19. Nc4 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Rb1 Nc6 22. Ncd2 Rab8 23. d4 Nd7 24. dxe5 Ndxe5 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Na6 27. Qc3 Qb6 28. Nf3 Nb4 29. Qc4 Rbe8 30. Rc1 Rf7 31. Nd2 Ref8 32. f4? So far Giri managed to flatten the play, but the text offers Black a breaking point. Comparatively better was 32. Rf1 d5 with roughly even chances.

32. ... e5! Very beautifully played. 33. Nf3. If 33. fxe5 then 33. ... d5! followed by ... Rf7-f2+. 33. ... exf4 34. gxf4 d5! The second hit. 35. exd5 Qd6. Now Black decisively penetrates into the enemy territory. 36. Ne5 Rxf4 37. Kg1 Kh7 38. Rg3 R8f5 39. Rg4 Qf6 40. Rxf4 Rxf4 41. Rf1 Qg5+ 42. Kh2 Re4 43. Nf3 Qf4+ 44. Kg2 Re3 45. Qc1 Re2+ 46. Kh1 Qg3 0 : 1.

Anish Giri vs. Viswanathan Anand
Photo: Zürich Chess 2016 (‏@zurichchess)