Rebel10 (exp) – Anand,V - ChessBox Free Games

Surprise, I’ve never seen Vishy playing this before.

Rebel10 (exp)
Anand,V (2795)
Result: 1-0

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Date: July 21, 1998
Location: 8 game match
Tournament: game-3
Round:
Opening: A41 Queen's Pawn Game, Wade Defence
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Published on: February 20, 2020

[Event "game-3"]
[Site "8 game match"]
[Date "1998.07.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rebel10 (exp)"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "A41"]

1. d4 d6 { Surprise, I've never seen Vishy playing this before. } 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 { IMO this agressive continuation is best for a chess program. } 4... c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nd7 { More usual is 6 ... Qb6. } 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. O-O-O d5 { Rebel had 9 ... Ne7 in its book. } 10. g4 { Rebel was debating between this and 10 f5!? After a longer think Rebel would have preferred 10 f5!?, which is an interesting continuation. But also 10 g4 is perfectly playable, of course. } 10... Ne7 11. h4 { Impressive, these white pawns! } 11... b5 { Preparing a counterattack on the queen's side. Rebel expected 11 ... h5. } 12. h5 b4 13. h6 { This isn't good. White should open the king's side, not close it. The normal move was 13 Ne2, with an interesting fight coming up. } 13... Bf8 14. Ne2 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd5 { A strong position for the black knight. The white attack has come to a standstill. } 16. Bg2 Be7 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Qd3 { White should try a plan involving f4-f5, but it is clear that the white pawn on h6 prevents a huge attack. It might even be better if this pawn was off the board. } 18... N7f6 19. g5 { Now Black is clearly better. Rebel abandons the f5-square and has no counterplay at all. } 19... Ne8 20. Ng3 a5 21. Rde1 Nd6 { Simple chess by Anand. The other knight goes to f5. White has no play and Black can attack with a5-a4. } 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Rhf1 Bf8 24. Ne4 Nf5 25. Qd3 Qb6 26. c3 { The losing move. White opens up the b-file, black only needs to say 'thank you'! Of course White's only chance was to keep the position as closed as possible. My guess would be 26 Kb1 and hope for the best. } 26... bxc3 27. Bxc3 Red8 28. Bh3 Be7 { Rebel prefers 28 ... Qb5, as 29 Qxb5 cxb5 would lose material. } 29. Bxf5 { To get rid of the pressure on d4, but now the white squares are gone (especially e4). } 29... exf5 30. Nd2 Qc7 { Winning the pawn on f4. Black is winning. } 31. Rg1 Bd6 32. Kb1 Bxf4 { 32 ... Nxf4 was possible as well. } 33. Nc4 a4 { A variation by Rebel: 33 ... c5!? 34 dxc5 Qxc5 35 Qd4 Qxd4 36 Bxd4 and Black has the advantage. } 34. Bd2 Re8 { Again 34 ... c5 looks a serious continuation. } 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Qc2 Bxd2 37. Qxd2 Re4 { Rebel thinks this move is a mistake, costing Black the largest part of his advantage. The computer prefers 37 ... Qf4 instead. } 38. Rc1 { With the simple idea of 39 Ne5, attacking the c6-pawn. } 38... Ne7 { After 10 minutes Rebel would have played 38 ... Re6, only scoring +0.28 for Black. } 39. Qc3 { Contains the strong threat 40 d5! } 39... Nd5 40. Qd2 Re6 41. Ne5 Qb6 { 41. ... f6!? is interesting. } 42. Rc4 Qb5 { A strong move, activating the queen and threatening 43 ... Rxe5. } 43. Rc5 Qf1+ 44. Qc1 Qxc1+ 45. Kxc1 f6 { Of course. Black gets two connected passed pawns: g6 and f5. White gets his pawn back, but I am sure Black still is better in this ending. } 46. gxf6 Nxf6 47. Ra5 { The a-pawn is more important than the c6-pawn. White tries to get a passed a-pawn, trying to compensate for the g6 and f5 pawns. } 47... Kf8 { To activate the king. After 10 minutes on my Pentium MMX 200 MHz Rebel plays 47 ... Ne8 as Black. As tempi are very important in this ending, 47 ... g5 merits consideration. } 48. Ra8+ { A strong check. The black king is worse on e7, compared to the better square f8. } 48... Ke7 49. Rxa4 Rd6 { Again losing time, but it appears that the ending is not so clear anymore. White has gained a lot of counterplay. Probably 47 ... Kf8 is the cause of this. } 50. Rc4 g5 { Finally, although Rebel prefers 50 ... Ke6 to activate the king. } 51. a4 g4 52. a5 g3 { This looks like a mistake, because it is now easy for White to stop the Black pawns by putting a knight on f3. } 53. Rc3 { 53 a6 could be played. } 53... f4 54. a6 g2 55. Nf3 Nd5 56. a7 Nc7 57. Rb3 { Now White is compeletely winning. } 57... Rd8 58. Rb8 Kd7 59. Kd1 { The a7-pawn is keeping all Black's pieces busy. In the meantime Rebel simply plans Kd1-e2-f2xg2 and Ng5, winning pawn h7. It's all over! } 59... Na8 60. Ke2 Kc7 61. Rxd8 Kxd8 62. Kf2 { Here Vishy resigned. 1-0 } 1-0

[Event "game-3"]
[Site "8 game match"]
[Date "1998.07.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rebel10 (exp)"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "A41"]

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