[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{This win certainly contributed a lot to the overall victory for the world
team. In a sense it might have been the deciding game.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 Nf6 {Quite a surprise. Kasparov takes up the Berlin defence. The very
weapon that robbed him of his crown.} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. h3 Be7 {The move Be7 in some
position or another is the new fab. Kramnik has played it without h6. The idea
is to set up an exchange with Nh4. One negative aspect of the move is that the
often useful reprouping with Ne7-g6 is lost.} 12. Ne2 (12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4
14. Kg2 h5 15. f3 {was tried succesfully in Kotronias,V-Nikolaidis,I/Peristeri
1993/CBM 39 ext/[ChessBase] (66)}) 12... Nh4 {Should Black strive after
exchanges at all costs in the Berlin? Im not so sure. There is also the
question of time. Black is spending it here.} (12... Bd7 13. b3 Rd8 (13... Nh4
14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Ba3 b6 16. Rd4 Bd8 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. R4d2 c5 19. g4 Be4 20.
Ng3 Bc6 21. Nh5 g6 22. Nf6+ Ke7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gongora,M-Olivera,Y/Matanzas 1998/
EXT 2002 (44)}) 14. Bb2 Rg8 15. Rd2 Bc8 16. Rad1 Rxd2 17. Nxd2 g5 18. g4 Ng7
19. Ne4 Ne6 20. Bc1 Rg6 21. Be3 c5 22. N2g3 $14 {1-0 Lasker,E-Herz/Lewitt/
Keidanski/Berlin 1896/EXT 2001 (37). (36)}) (12... a5 13. a4 (13. Nf4 h5 14.
Ne2 a4 15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 Be6 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 g5 (17... Bd7) 18. Bd2 Rg8
19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. g4 $14 {1-0 Benjamin,J-Almasi,Z/New York 1993/TD (56)}) 15...
Ra5 16. Bd2 Rc5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Wang Zili-Galego,L/Macau 1996/EXT 2001 (40)})
13... Bc5 14. Nf4 h5 15. Ng5 Be7 16. Ne4 g5 17. Ne2 Rg8 18. b3 Be6 19. Ba3 $16
{1-0 Kokarev,D-Driamin,D/Moscow 2001/EXT 2002 (32)}) 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Be3 $1
Bf5 (14... Bd7 15. Rd4 Be7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Nf4 a6 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. g4 $14) (
14... Ke7 $4 15. g3 Bg5 16. f4 $18) 15. Nd4 Bh7 $6 (15... Bg6 $5) 16. g4 Be7
17. Kg2 h5 18. Nf5 $16 {White has all the play.} Bf8 19. Kf3 Bg6 20. Rd2 hxg4+
21. hxg4 Rh3+ 22. Kg2 Rh7 23. Kg3 f6 24. Bf4 (24. e6 $5) 24... Bxf5 25. gxf5
fxe5 26. Re1 Bd6 27. Bxe5 Kd7 28. c4 c5 29. Bxd6 cxd6 30. Re6 $18 Rah8 31.
Rexd6+ Kc8 32. R2d5 Rh3+ 33. Kg2 Rh2+ 34. Kf3 R2h3+ 35. Ke4 b6 36. Rc6+ Kb8 37.
Rd7 Rh2 38. Ke3 Rf8 39. Rcc7 Rxf5 40. Rb7+ Kc8 41. Rdc7+ Kd8 42. Rxg7 Kc8 1-0

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 {A well known position,where white
can choose between several interesting continuations:} 5. b3 (5. c3 $5 {The
most popular move nowdays.} a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 d5 9. e5 d4 $132 {
0-1 Grischuk,A-Kasparov,G/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 395 (58)}) (5. Nc3
a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Re1 Bd6 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be5 12.
Qd3 O-O 13. Bg5 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Eljanov,P/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in
Chess 379 (20)}) (5. d4 $6 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Be3 $5 Nxd4 8. a4 e5 9. c3 a6
10. cxd4 axb5 11. d5 Qf6 12. Nc3 $44 {[%cal Gc3b5,Gb5c7] 1/2-1/2 Campora,
D-Hatanbaatar,B/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (69)}) (5. Re1 a6 (5... Ng6 6. c3 Bd6 7.
d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] 1-0 Nedev,T-Krasenkow,M/
Halkidiki GRE 2002/The Week in Chess 412 (38)}) 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bd3
Ng6 9. Be4 Qd6 10. c3 Be7 11. d4 O-O 12. Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nc3 $14 {
1-0 Benjamin,J-Hahn,A/Seattle USA 2002/The Week in Chess 374 (32)}) 5... a6 6.
Bxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb2 b5 8. c4 (8. Na3 Nd4 9. c4 Qa5 10. d3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bb7 12.
Nc2 Qd2 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bb2 Qh6 $36 {1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,
Z-Almasi,Z/Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 83 (26)}) 8... bxc4 9. bxc4 Rb8 10. Bc3 d6 (
10... Bb7 {Probably the same like in the text.} 11. d3 d6 12. Na3 e5 13. Nc2
Be7 14. Ne3 O-O 15. Nd5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Qa4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,
V-Eljanov,P/Moscow RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 379 (65)}) (10... Qc7 11. d3 (11.
Na3 f6 $6 12. Nh4 Nd8 13. f4 Be7 14. Nc2 O-O 15. Qh5 Bb7 16. Rae1 Rf7 17. f5
$40 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3,Ge1e3,Ge3g3] 1-0 Kuzmin,G-Popov,R/Krasnodar 1998/EXT
2000 (25)}) 11... Rg8 $6 12. Nbd2 g5 13. Ne1 Rg6 14. Nc2 Bd6 15. Qh5 {1-0
Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Frankfurt 1996/EXT 98 (34) And black got nothing but a bad
position.}) 11. Na3 $1 $14 {Very good choise of opening for white.Getting a
slightly better position without any real counter chances for black.} (11. d3
e5 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Ne1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. f4 O-O 16. g4 $2 Bd7 $17 {[%csl
Rg1,Rg4] 0-1 Girinath,P-Goloshchapov,A/Calcutta IND 2002/The Week in Chess 384
(32)}) 11... e5 {Unfortunatly it is forced.} 12. Nc2 Be7 13. Ne3 O-O 14. d3 Qe8
{Avoiding 15.Qa4} (14... g6 $5 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 15. Rb1 (15. Qa4 $2 Nd4 $15)
15... Rxb1 (15... Be6 16. Rxb8 Qxb8 17. Nd5 $14) 16. Qxb1 Bd8 17. Nd2 {[%cal
Gf2f4] The biggest advantage of white is the fact that black doesn't have any
real plan,the only black's active idea is the one which played in the game.....
} g6 18. Nd5 f5 (18... Be6 19. Qb7 a5 20. f4 $16) 19. exf5 gxf5 $2 $16 (19...
Bxf5 $142 20. Ne4 Qd7 {Still not that clear.White is still slightly better,but
black pieces control the important squares.}) 20. f4 $1 {[%csl Rc8,Rd8,Re8,Rf8,
Rg8] White immediatly punishes black for activity and black pieces find
themselves not capble of defending the center.} Rf7 (20... Be6 21. Qe1 $16) 21.
Qe1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} Rg7 (21... Bb7 22. Nf3 e4 23. Nd2 $18) 22. Nf3 Qg6 23. g3
$18 {Black is complitely hopeless.} Rf7 (23... e4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. dxe4 fxe4
26. Nd2 Ba5 27. Qa1+ Kf7 28. f5 $18 {[%cal Gd2e4]}) 24. fxe5 f4 25. exd6 fxg3 (
25... fxg3 26. Qe8+ Rf8 27. Qxf8+ Kxf8 28. Ne5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. f3 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd2 Be6 12. O-O-O Bf8 13. Na4 h5 14. h3 Nd7 15.
Qc3 hxg4 16. hxg4 d5 17. Qxc6 d4 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Qb7 Rb8 20. Qxa6 Ra8 21. Qb5
Bxa2 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qf6 24. g5 Qd6 25. Kb1 Rh3 26. Rgf1 Be7 27. b3 Qa3
28. Bc1 Qb4 29. Qxb4 Bxb4 30. f4 Rh4 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Ke7 33. f5 Ra6 34.
Rh7 Nc5 35. Bd2 Rxa4 36. fxg6 Bxd2 37. Rxf7+ Ke6 38. Rf6+ Ke7 39. bxa4 Nxe4 40.
Rf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Kb1 (10. Be3 Be6 $6 11. Kb1 a6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f3
Re8 14. h4 Na4 15. Bg5 b5 16. Bd3 Nb6 17. Qf4 c5 (17... f6 18. Qg3 fxg5 19.
hxg5 $40) 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 d5 20. Rhe1 g6 (20... f6 21. Qh2 $1 fxg5 $140
22. hxg5 g6 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Qe5+ $18) 21. Bh3 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Re7 23. Bg4 Qe8
24. Rh1 Qf8 25. Qf6 Nd7 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxh7 {1-0 Shirov,A-Motylev,A/Moscow
2002/ (27)}) 10... Bf6 11. Be3 b6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. f3 a6 14. h4 Re8 15. Rh3 {
[%cal Gg2g4]} Bc8 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Nb4 {[%cal Gb4d5]} Bb7 18. g4 a5 19. Nd3 Nxd3
20. Bxd3 b5 21. Bg5 $1 Be7 22. h5 Bc6 23. Bf5 Qd8 24. Be3 Rb8 25. Qd3 h6 26. f4
b4 27. g5 hxg5 28. h6 $1 bxc3 29. Bh7+ Kf8 30. hxg7+ Kxg7 31. fxg5 $1 Rxb2+ 32.
Ka1 Rb5 33. Qxc3+ Re5 34. Bd4 $18 Bxg5 35. Qxc6 Bf6 36. Qg2+ Kf8 37. Bxe5 Bxe5+
38. c3 Qf6 39. Qf3 Qxf3 40. Rxf3 Ke7 41. Bc2 Rh8 42. Bb3 f6 43. Kb2 c6 44. Ka3
d5 45. c4 dxc4 46. Bxc4 Rh4 47. Bb3 Bd6+ 48. Kb2 a4 49. Bc2 Be5+ 50. Kc1 Rb4
51. Bf5 Rc4+ 52. Kd2 Kd6 53. Ke2+ Kc7 54. Be6 Re4+ 55. Re3 Rb4 56. a3 Rh4 57.
Rh3 Re4+ 58. Kf3 Rf4+ 59. Kg2 Kb6 60. Rb1+ Kc5 61. Rc1+ Kd6 62. Bf7 Rd4 63. Rc4
Rd2+ 64. Kf1 c5 65. Rxa4 Bd4 66. Rf3 Ke5 67. Bg6 Kd5 68. Bd3 Rb2 69. Rf5+ Kc6
70. Ra6+ Kc7 71. Rh5 1-0

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Kb1 a6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f3 Re8 14. h4
Na4 15. Bg5 b5 16. Bd3 Nb6 17. Qf4 c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 d5 20. Rhe1 $1 g6
21. Bh3 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Re7 23. Bg4 Qe8 24. Rh1 Qf8 25. Qf6 $1 Nd7 26. Bxd7 Rxd7
27. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Kb1 $5 (14. a3)
14... Nc5 15. Nxc5 (15. Nb2 Nfxe4) 15... dxc5 16. Ne2 Bc6 (16... Rd8 17. Qxd8+
Qxd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Nf4 Nd7 20. Be2 Bd6 21. Nd3 Kc7 {1/2-1/2 Kim, A-Belov,
V/Pardubice 2002/ (60)}) (16... c4 $5 17. Ng3 (17. bxc4 Qa4 18. Qd3 (18. Nc1 $2
Bxe4 19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Qd3 Nc3+ 21. Ka1 Be7 $19) 18... Be7 $13) 17... cxb3 18.
cxb3 Qc7 19. Be2 Be7 (19... Qxg3 $2 20. Bf4 Qf2 21. Bb5+ $18) 20. Bf2 $13) 17.
Ng3 Nd7 (17... Rd8 18. Qxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Bxa6 $14) 18. f4 Be7 (
18... Nf6 19. g5 Ng4 20. Bg1 hxg5 21. hxg5 Rxh1 22. Nxh1 $14) 19. Bd3 Nb6 (
19... Nf6 20. Qe2 $14) 20. Qf2 Na8 $5 (20... Rb8 21. Be2 c4 22. Bd4 c3 23. Ka1
$14) 21. g5 $1 Nc7 22. Nh5 Nb5 (22... g6 23. Ng7+ (23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. gxf6 Nb5
25. Bd2 c4 26. bxc4 Nc3+ 27. Bxc3 bxc3 28. Ka1 Qd8 29. h5 Qxf6 $11) 23... Kf8
24. f5 $1 (24. gxh6 $6 Nb5 25. Bxb5 (25. Bd2 c4 26. bxc4 Nc3+ 27. Bxc3 bxc3 28.
Ka1 Bc5 29. Qg3 Rxh6 $19) 25... axb5 26. h5 Ra8 $17) 24... exf5 (24... Kxg7 25.
f6+ $18) 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Qxf5 Rd8 27. Bc4 $18) 23. Bxb5 axb5 (23... Qxb5 24.
Nxg7+ Kf8 25. f5 hxg5 26. fxe6 f6 27. hxg5 $18) 24. Nxg7+ Kf8 25. Nxe6+ $1 {
Black will not get the chance to build attack, since his own defense will
colapse after white's combination.} (25. f5 Ra8 26. a4 $18) 25... fxe6 (25...
Kg8 26. gxh6 Rxh6 27. f5 $18) 26. f5 Ke8 (26... Rh7 27. g6 Ra8 28. fxe6+ Kg8 (
28... Ke8 29. Qf7+ $3 Rxf7 30. gxf7+ Kf8 31. Bxh6#) 29. gxh7+ $18) (26... Kg8
27. Qg3 Rh7 28. gxh6+ Kf8 29. Rhg1 $18) (26... Bxe4 27. fxe6+ $18) 27. fxe6 (
27. fxe6 Rf8 (27... Rh7 28. g6 Ra8 29. Qf7+ $3 Rxf7 30. gxf7+ Kf8 31. Bxh6#)
28. Qe2 Bd8 29. Qh5+ Ke7 30. Bxc5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. h4 a5 14. a4 Nb6 15.
Qf2 Nc4 16. Bc1 Na3+ 17. Ka2 b5 18. g5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 bxa4 21. Kxa3
axb3 22. Kxb3 a4+ 23. Ka2 a3 24. bxa3 Nb6 25. Rb5 Na4 26. Rb3 d5 27. exd5 Nc3+
28. Ka1 Rcb8 29. d6 Bxd6 0-1

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rhe1 Nf6 20. g4 Rfd8 21.
f3 Rac8 22. c3 Kf8 23. Kc2 Nd5 24. Bc1 c5 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. f4 b5 27. a3 Kg8
28. g5 hxg5 29. fxg5 b4 30. Nd3 Rcc8 31. axb4 Bxb4 32. Bd2 Be7 33. Ra1 Rc7 34.
g6 fxg6 35. hxg6 Rcd7 36. Rxe6 Bf6 37. Rd1 Nc7 38. Re3 Nd5 39. Rh3 Ne7 40. Rg1
Rd6 41. Rg2 a5 42. Nc5 Rb6 43. Bf4 Rb5 44. Ne4 Rf5 45. Bd6 1-0

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 {This is Short's quiet system,
which can also lead sometimes to wild complications.} c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4
Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. cxd5 (10. O-O dxc4 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13.
Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Bxc4 Ncd4 {White cannot keep his strong
^^.} 17. Nd2 Rc6 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Bd3 Bc5 $11 {Kosteniuk-Chiburdanidze, FIDE
World Cup-C (Women) 2000}) (10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Rd1 (11. O-O-O $5 Bd3 $1 {This is
the typical defensive method here. Other tries are less impressive.} (11... b5
$4 12. Nxc6 Qc7 13. Nxb5 $18) (11... Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6
Bb4 (14... Nc6 15. f4 $44) 15. Bf3 $44 {with a very active ^^.}) 12. Bxd3 cxd3
13. Rxd3 Qa5 (13... b5 $2 {founders on} 14. Ndxb5 Qxd3 15. Rd1 $18) 14. Nxc6
Nxc6 $11 {and Black has time to finish his development because of the hanging
e5 P.}) 11... Bd3 (11... Qa5 12. Qxa5 (12. Qxc4 Rd8 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Rxd4
15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bf3 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc5 18. Qa4+ $11 {Mitkov-Garant, EU-chT 1997
}) 12... Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Bb4 (14... Nc6 15. f4 {(Soln-Sitnik,
SLO-chT Ljubljana 1997} g5 $5 16. g3 (16. g4 Nh4) 16... gxf4 17. gxf4 Bh6 $132)
15. Bf3 $44) 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 b5 (13... Qa5) 14. Ndxb5 $5 {Ni Hua-Wu
Shaobin, Zhong Hong Real Estate Cup 2001 CBM 85} (14. Qb3 {Svidler-Leko,
Tilburg Fontys 1998 EXT 99})) (10. Na3 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Nxc4
Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Be4 15. Rac1 Bd5 $11 {Svidler-Anand, Tilburg Fontys 1998}) 10...
Qxd5 $6 (10... b5 $5 11. Nxc6 (11. Qd1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd5 13. Nc3 (13. O-O Nb4
(13... Nf4 $5 14. Nc3 Rc8) 14. Nc3 {- 13.Nc3}) 13... Nb4 14. Rc1 (14. O-O Nc2
$5 15. Nxb5 $1 Be7 $1 $15) 14... Nc2+ 15. Rxc2 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Qxd4 $17 {
Trygstad-Solozkhenkin, Classics GM Gausdal NOR 2001}) (11. Nxf5 Nxf5 $15) 11...
Nxc6 12. Qf4 (12. Qd1 Nb4 13. Na3 Nxd5) 12... Nb4 $1 (12... Qxd5 13. Bf3 Qd7 (
13... Bb4+ 14. Nc3 $16) 14. O-O $14) 13. O-O Nxd5 (13... Nc2 14. Nc3 Nxa1 15.
Rxa1 $44) 14. Qf3 Rc8 (14... Be7 15. Nc3 $14) 15. Rd1 Bb4 $13) (10... Nxd5 {-
Bologan-Bareev, RUS-chT 9th Ekaterinburg 2002}) 11. Nc3 (11. Nd2 Qa5 (11...
Qxe5 12. Nc4 Qb8 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. O-O-O Qc7 (14... Bg6 15. Bf3 $16) 15. Bf3 $1
$16) 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. O-O Nd5 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Bd4 Bb4 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Nc4
Nc6 18. a3 Be7 19. b4 Rfd8 20. Bb2 $14 {Sikula-Mihalko, Nyiregyhaza 1999})
11... Qa5 $6 {This is the clear sign of something went wrong. Ftacnik: 'Anand
has chosen very cautious solution, since accepting the pawn sacrifice was
probably too risky for his taste.'} (11... Qxe5 $5 {looks risky, but this was
the main idea!} 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. O-O) 12. Nxf5 $14 Nxf5 (12... exf5 13. Qxa5
Nxa5 14. O-O $14 {with an active ^^ and a lead of development for White.}) 13.
Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bb6 Nc6 (14... Bb4 15. Rd1 Ne7 16. O-O Nac6 17. Na4 $14) 15. f4 {
Now White can keep his strong ^^ and the space advantage.} Be7 (15... g5 $5 {
immediately is also interesting:} 16. fxg5 (16. g3 gxf4 17. gxf4 Bh6 $5 18. Rf1
Nh4 19. Ne4 Bxf4 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Nxf7 Rg8 $13) 16... Bg7 17. O-O Nxe5 18. Rad1
$14) 16. O-O-O $1 $14 (16. O-O g5 $5 (16... O-O 17. Rad1 Bd8 18. Bc5 $14) 17.
fxg5 (17. g3 gxf4 18. gxf4 Bd8 {is similar to the game continuation, but the
white K is not so well placed.} 19. Bf2 Be7) 17... Bxg5 18. Ne4 $14) 16... g5
$5 (16... O-O $6 {allows the penetration on the 7/th rank.} 17. Rd7 $16) (16...
Bd8 17. Bf2 $14) 17. g3 gxf4 18. gxf4 Bd8 (18... Rg8 19. Rhg1 $14) 19. Bf2 {
White has to avoid the exchange of his bishops.} Bh4 (19... Rc8 20. Kb1 Rg8 21.
Rhg1 Rxg1 22. Rxg1 Nce7 23. Bf3 $14) 20. Bg1 (20. Bxh4 Nxh4 21. Ne4 Ke7 22. Nd6
$14 {looks also tempting, but White prefers the fight with the ^^.}) 20... Rg8
21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Kb1 Na5 (22... Be7 23. Ne4 $14 (23. Bb6 {Ftacnik} Nh4 (23... f6
{Ftacnik} 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Rhe1 $16) 24. Be4 h6 $14)) 23. Ne4 Nc4 24. b3 $1
Na3+ $6 {Now the N is in big trouble.} (24... Na5 25. Bc5 $14) 25. Kb2 Nb5 26.
a4 Nc7 27. Rc1 $1 Be7 (27... Ke7 $1 28. Bc5+ Kd7 29. Bd6 $16) 28. Nf6+ $1 $18
Bxf6 29. exf6 {and the ^^ decides the battle.} (29. Bxb7 $18 {is even nicer!})
29... Kd7 30. Bxb7 Rb8 31. Bc6+ Kd6 32. Ba7 Rbd8 33. Bb6 1-0

